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It could refer to (1) A hydrogen molecule; two hydrogen atoms bonded together, or (2) A hydrogen atom; one electron electromagnetically interacting with a nucleus made of a single proton. Hydrogen atoms are the simplest atoms, and they are the only atoms for which we can exactly solve the Schrödinger Equation. Hydrogen atoms are the only atoms which could exist even in a world with fine-structure constant $1$.

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Are the proton and electron quantum entangled in the hydrogen atom

Do the proton and electron share the same wave function when describing a hydrogen atom? …
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