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Mat. Sb., 2013 Volume 204, Number 2, Pages 3–30 (Mi sm7930)

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The geometry of electron wave functions

Yu. A. Aminov

ILTPE -- B.~Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov

Abstract: To each wave function we assign a codimension-two submanifold in Euclidean space. We study the case of the wave function of a single electron in the hydrogen atom or other hydrogen-type atoms with quantum numbers $n$, $l$, $m$ in detail. We prove theorems describing the behaviour of the scalar and sectional curvature of the constructed submanifold, depending on the quantum numbers. We also consider the external geometry of the submanifold.
Bibliography: 9 titles.

Keywords: hydrogen atom, submanifold, curvature, quantum numbers.

UDC: 514.77+514.8

MSC: 53C40, 81Q80

Received: 09.09.2011 and 19.07.2012

DOI: 10.4213/sm7930


 English version:
Sbornik: Mathematics, 2013, 204:2, 155–181

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