Bohr's Model for the Hydrogen Molecule
Requires a Wolfram Notebook System
Interact on desktop, mobile and cloud with the free Wolfram Player or other Wolfram Language products.
The Bohr model for the hydrogen atom marks the historic paradigm shift in the development of the quantum theory of matter [1]. Bohr's original attempt to extend his model to molecules [2] has long been regarded as a complete failure. More recently, however, his molecular model has been revisited [3], specifically in connection with Dudley Herschbach's dimensional scaling transformation of the Schrödinger equation.
[more]
Contributed by: S. M. Blinder (November 2018)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
Details
References
[1] Wikipedia. "Bohr Model." (Oct 30, 2018) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_model.
[2] N. Bohr, "On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules, Part III: Systems Containing Several Nuclei," Philosophical Magazine, 26, 1913 pp. 857–875. archive.org/details/londonedinburg6261913lond/page/856.
[3] A. Svidzinsky, M. Scully and D. Herschbach, "Bohr’s Molecular Model, a Century Later," Physics Today 67(1), 2014 pp. 33–39. doi:10.1063/PT.3.2243.
[4] S. M. Blinder. "Centenary of Bohr’s Atomic Theory (1913–2013)" from Wolfram Blog—A Wolfram Web Resource. (Oct 30, 2018) blog.wolfram.com/2013/12/30/centenary-of-bohrs-atomic-theory-1913-2013.
Snapshots
Permanent Citation