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The hydrogen atom as a Morse oscillator

Soo‐Y. Lee

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In its radial motion, the electron in the hydrogen atom can be pictured as oscillating about the Bohr orbits under Morse potentials. For each principal quantum number n, there corresponds a Morse oscillator with n bound states—one for each allowed value of the angular momentum quantum number l. The equilibrium positions of the Morse oscillators are exactly the Bohr orbits.

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In its radial motion, the electron in the hydrogen atom can be pictured as oscillating about the Bohr orbits under Morse potentials. For each principal quantum number n, there corresponds a Morse oscillator with n bound states—one for each allowed value of the angular momentum quantum number l. The equilibrium positions of the Morse oscillators are exactly the Bohr orbits.

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In its radial motion, the electron in the hydrogen atom can be pictured as oscillating about the Bohr orbits under Morse potentials. For each principal quantum number n, there corresponds a Morse oscillator with n bound states—one for each allowed value of the angular momentum quantum number l. The equilibrium positions of the Morse oscillators are exactly the Bohr orbits.

Key concepts: Bohr model, Physics, Hydrogen atom, Morse code, Principal quantum number, Morse potential, Angular momentum, Quantum number

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