Where Does the Angular Momentum Go?

[Achernar]

*Originally posted by Ring *
At the risk of being overly pedantic the ground state orbital angular momentum of the hydrogen atom is actually zero. But Achernar is absolutely correct in saying that in the Bohr model it equals hbar. Which of course is one of the problems with Bohr’s theory.

If I had been thinking in terms of anything but the Bohr model, I would never have applied it to an orbital mechanics problem! The only reason the analogy works is because the classical electrostatic force is analagous classical gravity.

[Ring]

*Originally posted by Achernar *
**If I had been thinking in terms of anything but the Bohr model, I would never have applied it to an orbital mechanics problem! The only reason the analogy works is because the classical electrostatic force is analagous classical gravity. **

I did not, in any manner, mean for my post to be a criticism of yours. If it came across that way please excuse me.

[Achernar]

No, it didn’t.