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Why is the binding energy per nucleon not zero for hydrogen atom?
The lone proton has not to be worked on against any electrostatic force. So where does the energy come from? What is mass defect for a hydrogen nucleus?
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Is it reasonable to interpret the Lamb shift as vacuum induced Stark shifts?
This is a pretty hand-wavy question about interpretation of the Lamb shift. I understand that one can calculate the Lamb shift diagrammatically to get an accurate result, but there exist ...
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Geometric quantization of a hydrogen atom
I want to know how to quantize a hydrogen atom as an example of geometric quantization. Apparently there is a derivation in the book "Geometric Quantization in Action: Applications of Harmonic ...
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How to liquefy Hydrogen?
I have got a science project and my teacher has recommended me to do "Liquefying Hydrogen". I have been continuously thinking about that but I have not come to a solution. Can anyone please tell me ...
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Evaluating Transition probability between different states of Hydrogen atom
I am trying to evaluate the inner product $<2S_{\frac{1}{2}},F',F'_{3}|\delta^{3}(x)\sigma_{i}P_{i}|2P_{\frac{1}{2}},F,F_{3}>$ It's written in the form $<nl_{j},F,F_{3}|$ Where ...
