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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Hydrogen atom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | A hydrogen atom is an atom of the element hydrogen. |
 | | The hydrogen atom has special significance in quantum mechanics as a simple physical system for which an exact solution to the Schrödinger equation exists, from which the experimentally observed frequencies and intensities of the hydrogen spectral lines can be calculated. |
 | | The solution of the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom uses the fact that the Coulomb potential produced by the nucleus is isotropic (it only depends on the distance to the nucleus). |
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