True Nature of Potential Energy of a Hydrogen Atom
| Scientific Paper | |
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| Title | True Nature of Potential Energy of a Hydrogen Atom |
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| Author(s) | Koshun Suto |
| Keywords | Hydrogen Atom, Bohr Radius, Potential Energy, Rest Mass Energy, Classical Electron Radius, Dark Matter. |
| Published | 2009 |
| Journal | Physics Essays |
| Volume | 22 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 135-139 |
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Abstract
In considering the potential energy of a hydrogen atom, we offered the hypothesis that this physical quantity corresponds to the decrease in the electron's rest mass energy. It is not possible to establish the ground state energy of a hydrogen atom without quantum mechanics. However, for the atom's stability only, this can be explained even without using quantum mechanics. Our discussion reveals that there exists an off-limit boundary rc within the electron inside a hydrogen atom.