Quantum Mechanics: Hydrogen Atom and Electron Spin

09 Jul 2008 | Series | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

A hydrogen atom is an atom of the chemical element hydrogen. The electrically neutral atom contains a single positively-charged proton and a single negatively-charged electron bound to the nucleus by …

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Quantum Mechanics: The story of the electron spin

09 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

One of the most remarkable discoveries associated with quantum physics is the fact that elementary particles can possess non-zero spin. Elementary particles are particles that cannot be divided into …

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