1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and system of physically solving the charge, mass, and current density functions of excited states of atoms and atomic ions and computing and rendering the nature of these species using the solutions. The results can be displayed on visual or graphical media. The displayed information is useful to anticipate reactivity and physical properties. The insight into the nature of excited-state electrons can permit the solution and display of other excited-state atoms and ions and provide utility to anticipate their reactivity, physical properties, and spectral absorption and emission.
Rather than using postulated unverifiable theories that treat atomic particles as if they were not real, physical laws are now applied to atoms and ions. In an attempt to provide some physical insight into atomic problems and starting with the same essential physics as Bohr of the e− moving in the Coulombic field of the proton with a true wave equation as opposed to the diffusion equation of Schrödinger, a classical approach is explored which yields a model which is remarkably accurate and provides insight into physics on the atomic level. The proverbial view deeply seated in the wave-particle duality notion that there is no large-scale physical counterpart to the nature of the electron is shown not to be correct. Physical laws and intuition may be restored when dealing with the wave equation and quantum atomic problems.
Specifically, a theory of classical quantum mechanics (CQM) was derived from first principles as reported previously [reference Nos. 1-7] that successfully applies physical laws to the solution of atomic problems that has its basis in a breakthrough in the understanding of the stability of the bound electron to radiation. Rather than using the postulated Schrödinger boundary condition: “Ψ→0 as r→∞”, which leads to a purely mathematical model of the electron, the constraint is based on experimental observation. Using Maxwell's equations, the classical wave equation is solved with the constraint that the bound n=1-state electron cannot radiate energy. Although it is well known that an accelerated point particle radiates, an extended distribution modeled as a superposition of accelerating charges does not have to radiate. A simple invariant physical model arises naturally wherein the predicted results are extremely straightforward and internally consistent requiring minimal math as in the case of the most famous equations of Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, de Broglie, and Planck on which the model is based. No new physics is needed; only the known physical laws based on direct observation are used. The solution of the excited states of one-electron atoms is given in R. Mills, The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics, January 2005 Edition, BlackLight Power, Inc., Cranbury, N.J., (“'05 Mills GUT”) which is herein incorporated by reference. This Invention further comprises the accurate solution of the helium-atom excited states which provides a physical algorithm to solve the excited states of other multi-electron atoms.
2. Background of the Invention
2A. Classical Quantum Theory of the Atom Based on Maxwell's Equations
The old view that the electron is a zero or one-dimensional point in an all-space probability wave function Ψ(x) is not taken for granted. The theory of classical quantum mechanics (CQM), derived from first principles, must successfully and consistently apply physical laws on all scales [1-7]. Stability to radiation was ignored by all past atomic models. Historically, the point at which QM broke with classical laws can be traced to the issue of nonradiation of the one electron atom. Bohr just postulated orbits stable to radiation with the further postulate that the bound electron of the hydrogen atom does not obey Maxwell's equations—rather it obeys different physics [1-10]. Later physics was replaced by “pure mathematics” based on the notion of the inexplicable wave-particle duality nature of electrons which lead to the Schrödinger equation wherein the consequences of radiation predicted by Maxwell's equations were ignored. Ironically, Bohr, Schrödinger, and Dirac used the Coulomb potential, and Dirac used the vector potential of Maxwell's equations. But, all ignored electrodynamics and the corresponding radiative consequences. Dirac originally attempted to solve the bound electron physically with stability with respect to radiation according to Maxwell's equations with the further constraints that it was relativistically invariant and gave rise to electron spin [11]. He and many founders of QM such as Sommerfeld, Bohm, and Weinstein wrongly pursued a planetary model, were unsuccessful, and resorted to the current mathematical-probability-wave model that has many problems [10, 11-14]. Consequently, Feynman for example, attempted to use first principles including Maxwell's equations to discover new physics to replace quantum mechanics [15].
Physical laws may indeed be the root of the observations thought to be “purely quantum mechanical”, and it was a mistake to make the assumption that Maxwell's electrodynamic equations must be rejected at the atomic level. Thus, in the present approach, the classical wave equation is solved with the constraint that a bound n=1−state electron cannot radiate energy.
Herein, derivations consider the electrodynamic effects of moving charges as well as the Coulomb potential, and the search is for a solution representative of the electron wherein there is acceleration of charge motion without radiation. The mathematical formulation for zero radiation based on Maxwell's equations follows from a derivation by Haus [16]. The function that describes the motion of the electron must not possess spacetime Fourier components that are synchronous with waves traveling at the speed of light. Similarly, nonradiation is demonstrated based on the electron's electromagnetic fields and the Poynting power vector.
It was shown previously [1-7] that CQM gives closed form solutions for the atom including the stability of the n=1 state and the instability of the excited states, the equation of the photon and electron in excited states, the equation of the free electron, and photon which predict the wave particle duality behavior of particles and light. The current and charge density functions of the electron may be directly physically interpreted. For example, spin angular momentum results from the motion of negatively charged mass moving systematically, and the equation for angular momentum, r×p, can be applied directly to the wave function (a current density function) that describes the electron. The magnetic moment of a Bohr magneton, Stern Gerlach experiment, g factor, Lamb shift, resonant line width and shape, selection rules, correspondence principle, wave particle duality, excited states, reduced mass, rotational energies, and momenta, orbital and spin splitting, spin-orbital coupling, Knight shift, and spin-nuclear coupling, and elastic electron scattering from helium atoms, are derived in closed-form equations based on Maxwell's equations. The calculations agree with experimental observations.
The Schrödinger equation gives a vague and fluid model of the electron. Schrödinger interpreted eΨ*(x)Ψ(x) as the charge-density or the amount of charge between x and x+dx (Ψ* is the complex conjugate of Ψ). Presumably, then, he pictured the electron to be spread over large regions of space. After Schrödinger's interpretation, Max Born, who was working with scattering theory, found that this interpretation led to inconsistencies, and he replaced the Schrödinger interpretation with the probability of finding the electron between x and x+dx as
∫Ψ(x)Ψ*(x)dx (1)
Born's interpretation is generally accepted. Nonetheless, interpretation of the wave function is a never-ending source of confusion and conflict. Many scientists have solved this problem by conveniently adopting the Schrödinger interpretation for some problems and the Born interpretation for others. This duality allows the electron to be everywhere at one time-yet have no volume. Alternatively, the electron can be viewed as a discrete particle that moves here and there (from r=0 to r=∞), and ΨΨ* gives the time average of this motion.
In contrast to the failure of the Bohr theory and the nonphysical, adjustable-parameter approach of quantum mechanics, multielectron atoms [1, 5] and the nature of the chemical bond [1, 4] are given by exact closed-form solutions containing fundamental constants only. Using the nonradiative wave equation solutions that describe the bound electron having conserved momentum and energy, the radii are determined from the force balance of the electric, magnetic, and centrifugal forces that corresponds to the minimum of energy of the system. The ionization energies are then given by the electric and magnetic energies at these radii. The spreadsheets to calculate the energies from exact solutions of one through twenty-electron atoms are given in '05 Mills GUT [1] and are available from the internet [17]. For 400 atoms and ions the agreement between the predicted and experimental results is remarkable.
The background theory of classical quantum mechanics (CQM) for the physical solutions of atoms and atomic ions is disclosed in R. Mills, The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics, January 2000 Edition, BlackLight Power, Inc., Cranbury, N.J., (“'00 Mills GUT”), provided by BlackLight Power, Inc., 493 Old Trenton Road, Cranbury, N.J., 08512; R. Mills, The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics, September 2001 Edition, BlackLight Power, Inc., Cranbury, N.J., Distributed by Amazon.com (“'01 Mills GUT”), provided by BlackLight Power, Inc., 493 Old Trenton Road, Cranbury, N.J., 08512; R. Mills, The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics, July 2004 Edition, BlackLight Power, Inc., Cranbury, N.J., (“'04 Mills GUT”), provided by BlackLight Power, Inc., 493 Old Trenton Road, Cranbury, N.J., 08512; R. Mills, The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics, January 2005 Edition, BlackLight Power, Inc., Cranbury, N.J., (“'05 Mills GUT”), provided by BlackLight Power, Inc., 493 Old Trenton Road, Cranbury, N.J., 08512 (posted at www.blacklightpower.com); in prior PCT applications PCT/US02/35872; PCT/US02/06945; PCT/US02/06955; PCT/US01/09055; PCT/US01/25954; PCT/US00/20820; PCT/US00/20819; PCT/US00/09055; PCT/US99/17171; PCT/US99/17129; PCT/US 98/22822; PCT/US98/14029; PCT/US96/07949; PCT/US94/02219; PCT/US91/08496; PCT/US90/01998; and PCT/JS89/05037 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,024,935; the entire disclosures of which are all incorporated herein by reference; (hereinafter “Mills Prior Publications”).
An object of the present invention is to solve the charge (mass) and current-density functions of excited-state atoms and atomic ions from first principles. In an embodiment, the solution for the excited and non-excited state is derived from Maxwell's equations invoking the constraint that the bound electron before excitation does not radiate even though it undergoes acceleration.
Another objective of the present invention is to generate a readout, display, or image of the solutions so that the nature of excited-state atoms and atomic ions can be better understood and potentially applied to predict reactivity and physical and optical properties.
Another objective of the present invention is to apply the methods and systems of solving the nature of excited-state electrons and their rendering to numerical or graphical form to all atoms and atomic ions.
Bound electrons are described by a charge-density (mass-density) function which is the product of a radial delta function (ƒ(r)=δ(r−rn)), two angular functions (spherical harmonic functions), and a time harmonic function. Thus, a bound electron is a dynamic “bubble-like” charge-density function. The two-dimensional spherical surface called an electron orbitsphere shown in
Each orbitsphere is a spherical shell of negative charge (total charge=−e) of zero thickness at a distance rn from the nucleus (charge=+Ze). It is well known that the field of a spherical shell of charge is zero inside the shell and that of a point charge at the origin outside the shell [1] (See FIG. 1.12 of Ref. [1]). The field of each electron can be treated as that corresponding to a −e charge at the origin with
for r>rn and E=0 for r<rn where rn is the radius of the electron orbitsphere. Thus, as shown in the Two-Electron Atom section of '05 Mills GUT [1], the central electric fields due to the helium nucleus are
and
for r<r1 and r1<r<r2, respectively. In the ground state of the helium atom, both electrons are at r1=r2=0.567αo. When a photon is absorbed, one of the initially indistinguishable electrons called electron 1 moves to a smaller radius, and the other called electron 2 moves to a greater radius. In the limiting case of the absorption of an ionizing photon, electron 1 moves to the radius of the helium ion, r1=0.5αo, and electron 2 moves to a continuum radius, r2=∞. When a photon is absorbed by the ground state helium atom it generates an effective charge, ZP-eff, within the second orbitsphere such that the electrons move in opposite radial directions while conserving energy and angular momentum. We can determine ZP-eff of the “trapped photon” electric field by requiring that the resonance condition is met for photons of discrete energy, frequency, and wavelength for electron excitation in an electromagnetic potential energy well.
In contrast to the shortcomings of quantum mechanics, with classical quantum mechanics (CQM), all excited states of the helium atom can be exactly solved in closed form. Photon absorption occurs by an excitation of a Maxwellian multipole cavity mode wherein the excitation is quantized according to the quantized energy and angular momentum of the photon given by w and
, respectively. The photon quantization causes the central electric-field corresponding the superimposed fields of the nucleus, electron 1, and the photon to be quantized and of magnitude of a reciprocal integer times that of the proton. This field and the phase-matched angular dependence of the trapped photon and excited-state electron as well as the spin orientation of the excited-state electron determine the central forces. The radii of electron 2 are determined from the force balance of the electric, magnetic, and centrifugal forces that corresponds to the minimum of energy of the system. Since the magnetic energies are relatively insignificant, in one embodiment, the excited state energies are then given by one physical term in each case, the Coulombic energy at the calculated radius. In additional embodiments, additional small terms may refine the solutions. Given the typical average relative difference is about 5 significant figures which is within the error of the experimental data, this result is remarkable and strongly confirms that the physical CQM solution of helium is correct.
The presented exact physical solutions for the excited states of the helium atom can be applied to other atoms and ions to solve for their excited states. These solution can be used to predict the properties of elements and ions and engineer compositions of matter in a manner which is not possible using quantum mechanics. It also for the prediction of the spectral absorption and emission. This in term can be used to develop new light filters or absorbers as well as new light sources such as lasers, lamps, and spectral standards.
In an embodiment., the physical, Maxwellian solutions for the dimensions and energies of excited-state atom and atomic ions are processed with a processing means to produce an output. Embodiments of the system for performing computing and rendering of the nature of the excited-state atomic and atomic-ionic electrons using the physical solutions may comprise a general purpose computer. Such a general purpose computer may have any number of basic configurations. For example, such a general purpose computer may comprise a central processing unit (CPU), one or more specialized processors, system memory, a mass storage device such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or other storage device, an input means such as a keyboard or mouse, a display device, and a printer or other output device. A system implementing the present invention can also comprise a special purpose computer or other hardware system and all should be included within its scope.
The following preferred embodiments of the invention disclose numerous calculations which are merely intended as illustrative examples. Based on the detailed written description, one skilled in the art would easily be able to practice this Invention within other like calculations to produce the desired result without undue effort.
1. One-Electron Atoms
1. One-Electron Atoms
One-electron atoms include the hydrogen atom, He+, Li2+, Be3+, and so on. The mass-energy and angular momentum of the electron are constant; this requires that the equation of motion of the electron be temporally and spatially harmonic. Thus, the classical wave equation applies and
where ρ(r,θ,φ,t) is the time dependent charge density function of the electron in time and space. In general, the wave equation has an infinite number of solutions. To arrive at the solution which represents the electron, a suitable boundary condition must be imposed. It is well known from experiments that each single atomic electron of a given isotope radiates to the same stable state. Thus, the physical boundary condition of nonradiation of the bound electron was imposed on the solution of the wave equation for the time dependent charge density function of the electron [1-3, 5]. The condition for radiation by a moving point charge given by Haus [16] is that its spacetime Fourier transform does possess components that are synchronous with waves traveling at the speed of light. Conversely, it is proposed that the condition for nonradiation by an ensemble of moving point charges that comprises a current density function is
This function defines a constant charge density on a spherical shell where rn=nr1 wherein n is an integer in an excited state, and Eq. (2) becomes the two-dimensional wave equation plus time with separable time and angular functions. Given time harmonic motion and a radial delta function, the relationship between an allowed radius and the electron wavelength is given by
2πrn=λn (4)
where the integer subscript n here and in Eq. (3) is determined during photon absorption as given in the Excited States of the One-Electron Atom (Quantization) section of Ref. [1]. Using the observed de Broglie relationship for the electron mass where the coordinates are spherical,
and the magnitude of the velocity for every point on the orbitsphere is
The sum of the |Li|, the magnitude of the angular momentum of each infinitesimal point of the orbitsphere of mass mi, must be constant. The constant is .
Thus, an electron is a spinning, two-dimensional spherical surface (zero thickness), called an electron orbitsphere shown in
Nonconstant functions are also solutions for the angular functions. To be a harmonic solution of the wave equation in spherical coordinates, these angular functions must be spherical harmonic functions [18]. A zero of the spacetime Fourier transform of the product function of two spherical harmonic angular functions, a time harmonic function, and an unknown radial function is sought. The solution for the radial function which satisfies the boundary condition is also a delta function given by Eq. (3). Thus, bound electrons are described by a charge-density (mass-density) function which is the product of a radial delta function, two angular functions (spherical harmonic functions), and a time harmonic function.
In these cases, the spherical harmonic functions correspond to a traveling charge density wave confined to the spherical shell which gives rise to the phenomenon of orbital angular momentum. The orbital functions which modulate the constant “spin” function shown graphically in
1.A. Spin Function
The orbitsphere spin function comprises a constant charge (current) density function with moving charge confined to a two-dimensional spherical shell. The magnetostatic current pattern of the orbitsphere spin function comprises an infinite series of correlated orthogonal great circle current loops wherein each point charge (current) density element moves time harmonically with constant angular velocity
The uniform current density function Y00(φ,θ), the orbitsphere equation of motion of the electron (Eqs. (14-15)), corresponding to the constant charge function of the orbitsphere that gives rise to the spin of the electron is generated from a basis set current-vector field defined as the orbitsphere current-vector field (“orbitsphere-cvf”). This in turn is generated over the surface by two complementary steps of an infinite series of nested rotations of two orthogonal great circle current loops where the coordinate axes rotate with the two orthogonal great circles that serve as a basis set. The algorithm to generate the current density function rotates the great circles and the corresponding x′y′z′ coordinates relative to the xyz frame. Each infinitesimal rotation of the infinite series is about the new i′-axis and new j′-axis which results from the preceding such rotation. Each element of the current density function is obtained with each conjugate set of rotations. In Appendix III of Ref. [1], the continuous uniform electron current density function Y00(φ,θ) having the same angular momentum components as that of the orbitsphere-cvf is then exactly generated from this orbitsphere-cvf as a basis element by a convolution operator comprising an autocorrelation-type function.
For Step One, the current density elements move counter clockwise on the great circle in the y′z′-plane and move clockwise on the great circle in the x′z′-plane. The great circles are rotated by an infinitesimal angle ±Δαi (a positive rotation around the x′-axis or a negative rotation about the z′-axis for Steps One and Two, respectively) and then by ±Δαj (a positive rotation around the new y′-axis or a positive rotation about the new x′-axis for Steps One and Two, respectively). The coordinates of each point on each rotated great circle (x′,y′,z′) is expressed in terms of the first (x,y,z) coordinates by the following transforms where clockwise rotations and motions are defined as positive looking along the corresponding axis:
The orbitsphere-cvf is given by n reiterations of Eqs. (10) and (11) for each point on each of the two orthogonal great circles during each of Steps One and Two. The output given by the non-primed coordinates is the input of the next iteration corresponding to each successive nested rotation by the infinitesimal angle ±Δαi or ±Δαj′ where the magnitude of the angular sum of the n rotations about each of the i′-axis and the j′-axis is
Half of the orbitsphere-cvf is generated during each of Steps One and Two.
Following Step Two, in order to match the boundary condition that the magnitude of the velocity at any given point on the surface is given by Eq. (6), the output half of the orbitsphere-cvf is rotated clockwise by an angle of
about the z-axis. Using Eq. (11) with
and Δαx′=0 gives the rotation. Then, the one half of the orbitsphere-cvf generated from Step One is superimposed with the complementary half obtained from Step Two following its rotation about the z-axis of
to give the basis function to generate Y00(φ,θ), the orbitsphere equation of motion of the electron.
The current pattern of the orbitsphere-cvf generated by the nested rotations of the orthogonal great circle current loops is a continuous and total coverage of the spherical surface, but it is shown as a visual representation using 6 degree increments of the infinitesimal angular variable ±Δαi′ and ±Δαj′ of Eqs. (10) and (11) from the perspective of the z-axis in
for each Step. The current pattern gives rise to the phenomenon corresponding to the spin quantum number. The details of the derivation of the spin function are given in Ref. [3] and Chp. 1 of Ref. [1].
The resultant angular momentum projections of
meet the boundary condition for the unique current having an angular velocity magnitude at each point on the surface given by Eq. (6) and give rise to the Stern Gerlach experiment as shown in Ref. [1]. The further constraint that the current density is uniform such that the charge density is uniform, corresponding to an equipotential, minimum energy surface is satisfied by using the orbitsphere-cvf as a basis element to generate Y00(φ,θ) using a convolution operator comprising an autocorrelation-type function as given in Appendix III of Ref. [1]. The operator comprises the convolution of each great circle current loop of the orbitsphere-cvf designated as the primary orbitsphere-cvf with a second orbitsphere-cvf designated as the secondary orbitsphere-cvf wherein the convolved secondary elements are matched for orientation, angular momentum, and phase to those of the primary. The resulting exact uniform current distribution obtained from the convolution has the same angular momentum distribution, resultant, LR, and components of
as those of the orbitsphere-cvf used as a primary basis element.
1.B. Angular Functions
The time, radial, and angular solutions of the wave equation are separable. Also based on the radial solution, the angular charge and current-density functions of the electron, A(θ,φ,t), must be a solution of the wave equation in two dimensions (plus time),
where ν is the linear velocity of the electron. The charge-density functions including the time-function factor are
where Ylm(θ,φ) are the spherical harmonic functions that spin about the z-axis with angular frequency ωn with Y00(θ,φ) the constant function. Re{Ylm(θ,φ)eiωj}=Plm(cos θ)cos(mφ+{dot over (ω)}nt) where to keep the form of the spherical harmonic as a traveling wave about the z-axis, {dot over (ω)}n=mωn.
1.C. Acceleration without Radiation
1.C.a. Special Relativistic Correction to the Electron Radius
The relationship between the electron wavelength and its radius is given by Eq. (4) where λ is the de Broglie wavelength. For each current density element of the spin function, the distance along each great circle in the direction of instantaneous motion undergoes length contraction and time dilation. Using a phase matching condition, the wavelengths of the electron and laboratory inertial frames are equated, and the corrected radius is given by
where the electron velocity is given by Eq. (6). (See Ref. [1] Chp. 1, Special Relativistic Correction to the Ionization Energies section).
of the electron, the electron angular momentum of , and μB are invariant, but the mass and charge densities increase in the laboratory frame due to the relativistically contracted electron radius. As ν→c,
and r=λ as shown in
1.C.b. Nonradiation Based on the Spacetime Fourier Transform of the Electron Current
The Fourier transform of the electron charge density function given by Eq. (8) is a solution of the three-dimensional wave equation in frequency space (k, ω space) as given in Chp 1, Spacetime Fourier Transform of the Electron Function section of Ref. [1]. Then, the corresponding Fourier transform of the current density function K(s,Θ,Φ,ω) is given by multiplying by the constant angular frequency.
sn·vn=sn·c=ωn implies rn=λn which is given by Eq. (16) in the case that k is the lightlike k0. In this case, Eq. (17) vanishes. Consequently, spacetime harmonics of
for which the Fourier transform of the current-density function is nonzero do not exist. Radiation due to charge motion does not occur in any medium when this boundary condition is met. Nonradiation is also determined directly from the fields based on Maxwell's equations as given in Sec. 1.C.c.
1.C.c Nonradiation Based on the Electron Electromagnetic Fields and the Poynting Power Vector
A point charge undergoing periodic motion accelerates and as a consequence radiates according to the Larmor formula:
where e is the charge, α is its acceleration, ε0 is the permittivity of free space, and c is the speed of light. Although an accelerated point particle radiates, an extended distribution modeled as a superposition of accelerating charges does not have to radiate [11, 16, 19-21]. In Ref. [3] and Appendix I, Chp. 1 of Ref. [1], the electromagnetic far field is determined from the current distribution in order to obtain the condition, if it exists, that the electron current distribution must satisfy such that the electron does not radiate. The current follows from Eqs. (14-15). The currents corresponding to Eq. (14) and first term of Eq. (15) are static. Thus, they are trivially nonradiative. The current due to the time dependent term of Eq. (15) corresponding to p, d, f, etc. orbitals is
where to keep the form of the spherical harmonic as a traveling wave about the z-axis, {dot over (ω)}n=mωn and N and N′ are normalization constants. The vectors are defined as
“^” denotes the unit vectors
non-unit vectors are designed in bold, and the current function is normalized. For the electron source current given by Eq. (19), each comprising a multipole of order (l,m) with a time dependence eiω
and the time-averaged power radiated per solid angle
is
In the case that k is the lightlike k0, then k=ωn/c, in Eq. (24), and Eqs. (22-23) vanishes for
s=vTn=R=rn=λn (25)
There is no radiation.
1.D. Magnetic Field Equations of the Electron
The orbitsphere is a shell of negative charge current comprising correlated charge motion along great circles. For l=0, the orbitsphere gives rise to a magnetic moment of 1 Bohr magneton [22]. (The details of the derivation of the magnetic parameters including the electron g factor are given in Ref. [3] and Chp. 1 of Ref. [1].)
The magnetic field of the electron shown in
The energy stored in the magnetic field of the electron is
1.E. Stern-Gerlach Experiment
The Stem-Gerlach experiment implies a magnetic moment of one Bohr magneton and an associated angular momentum quantum number of ½. Historically, this quantum number is called the spin quantum number,
The superposition of the vector projection of the orbitsphere angular momentum on the z-axis is
with an orthogonal component of
Excitation of a resonant Larmor precession gives rise to on an axis S that precesses about the z-axis called the spin axis at the Larmor frequency at an angle of
to give a perpendicular projection of
and a projection onto the axis of the applied magnetic field of
The superposition of the
z-axis component of the orbitsphere angular momentum and the
z-axis component of S gives corresponding to the observed electron magnetic moment of a Bohr magneton, μB.
1.F. Electron g Factor
Conservation of angular momentum of the orbitsphere permits a discrete change of its “kinetic angular momentum” (r×mv) by the applied magnetic field of
and concomitantly the “potential angular momentum” (r×eA) must change by
In order that the change of angular momentum, ΔL, equals zero, φ must be
the magnetic flux quantum. The magnetic moment of the electron is parallel or antiparallel to the applied field only. During the spin-flip transition, power must be conserved. Power flow is governed by the Poynting power theorem,
Eq. (36) gives the total energy of the flip transition which is the sum of the energy of reorientation of the magnetic moment (1st term), the magnetic energy (2nd term), the electric energy (3rd term), and the dissipated energy of a fluxon treading the orbitsphere (4th term), respectively,
where the stored magnetic energy corresponding to the
term increases, the stored electric energy corresponding to the
term increases, and the J·E term is dissipative. The spin-flip transition can be considered as involving a magnetic moment of g times that of a Bohr magneton. The g factor is redesignated the fluxon g factor as opposed to the anomalous g factor. Using α−1=137.03603(82), the calculated value of
is 1.001 159 652 137. The experimental value [23] of
is 1.001 159 652 188(4).
1.G. Spin and Orbital Parameters
The total function that describes the spinning motion of each electron orbitsphere is composed of two functions. One function, the spin function, is spatially uniform over the orbitsphere, spins with a quantized angular velocity, and gives rise to spin angular momentum. The other function, the modulation function, can be spatially uniform—in which case there is no orbital angular momentum and the magnetic moment of the electron orbitsphere is one Bohr magneton—or not spatially uniform—in which case there is orbital angular momentum. The modulation function also rotates with a quantized angular velocity.
The spin function of the electron corresponds to the nonradiative n=1, l=0 state of atomic hydrogen which is well known as an s state or orbital. (See
1.G.a Moment of Inertia and Spin and Rotational Energies
The moments of inertia and the rotational energies as a function of the l quantum number for the solutions of the time-dependent electron charge density functions (Eqs. (14-15)) given in Sec. 1.B are solved using the rigid rotor equation [18]. The details of the derivations of the results as well as the demonstration that Eqs. (14-15) with the results given infra. are solutions of the wave equation are given in Chp 1, Rotational Parameters of the Electron (Angular Momentum, Rotational Energy, Moment of Inertia) section of Ref. [1].
The orbital rotational energy arises from a spin function (spin angular momentum) modulated by a spherical harmonic angular function (orbital angular momentum). The time-averaged mechanical angular momentum and rotational energy associated with the wave-equation solution comprising a traveling charge-density wave on the orbitsphere is zero as given in Eqs. (46) and (47), respectively. Thus, the principal levels are degenerate except when a magnetic field is applied. In the case of an excited state, the angular momentum of is carried by the fields of the trapped photon. The amplitudes that couple to external magnetic and electromagnetic fields are given by Eq. (43) and (45), respectively. The rotational energy due to spin is given by Eq. (40), and the total kinetic energy is given by Eq. (41).
1.H. Force Balance Equation
The radius of the nonradiative (n=1) state is solved using the electromagnetic force equations of Maxwell relating the charge and mass density functions wherein the angular momentum of the electron is given by [1]. The reduced mass arises naturally from an electrodynamic interaction between the electron and the proton of mass mp.
where αH is the radius of the hydrogen atom.
1.1. Energy Calculations
From Maxwell's equations, the potential energy V, kinetic energy T, electric energy or binding energy Eele are
The calculated Rydberg constant is 10,967,758 m−1; the experimental Rydberg constant is 10,967,758 m−1. For increasing Z, the velocity becomes a significant fraction of the speed of light; thus, special relativistic corrections were included in the calculation of the ionization energies of one-electron atoms that are given in TABLE I.
a Eq. (1.250) of Ref. [1] (follows Eqs. (6), (16), and (49)).
b Eq. (1.251) of Ref. [1] (Eq. (53) times γ*).
c From theoretical calculations, interpolation of H isoelectronic and Rydberg series, and experimental data [24-25].
d (Experimental-theoretical)/experimental.
2. Two Electron Atoms
Two electron atoms may be solved from a central force balance equation with the nonradiation condition [1]. The centrifugal force, Fcentrifugal, of each electron is given by
where rn is the radius of electron n which has velocity vn. In order to be nonradiative, the velocity for every point on the orbitsphere is given by Eq. (6). Now, consider electron 1 initially at
(the radius of the one-electron atom of charge Z given in the Sec. 1.H where
and the spin-nuclear interaction corresponding to the electron reduced mass is not used here since the electrons have no field at the nucleus upon pairing) and electron 2 initially at rn=∞. Each electron can be treated as −e charge at the nucleus with
for r>rn and E=0 for r<rn where rn is the radius of the electron orbitsphere. The centripetal force is the electric force, Fele, between the electron and the nucleus. Thus, the electric force between electron 2 and the nucleus is
where εo is the permittivity of free-space. The second centripetal force, Fmag, on the electron 2 (initially at infinity) from electron 1 (at r1) is the magnetic force. Due to the relative motion of the charge-density elements of each electron, a radiation reaction force arises between the two electrons. This force given in Sections 6.6, 12.10, and 17.3 of Jackson [26] achieves the condition that the sum of the mechanical momentum and electromagnetic momentum is conserved. The magnetic central force is derived from the Lorentzian force which is relativistically corrected. The magnetic field of electron 2 at the radius of electron 1 follows from Eq. (1.74b) of Ref. [1] after McQuarrie [22]:
where μ0 is the permeability of free-space (4π×10−1 N/A2). The motion at each point of electron 1 in the presence of the magnetic field of electron 2 gives rise to a central force which acts at each point of electron 2. The Lorentzian force density at each point moving at velocity v given by Eq. (6) is
Substitution of Eq. (6) for v and Eq. (56) for B gives
The term in brackets can be expressed in terms of the fine structure constant α. The radius of the electron orbitsphere in the ν=c frame is c, where ν=c corresponds to the magnetic field front propagation velocity which is the same in all inertial frames, independent of the electron velocity as shown by the velocity addition formula of special relativity [27]. From Eq. (7) and Eqs. (1.144-1.148) of Ref. [1]
where ν=c. Based on the relativistic invariance of the electron's magnetic moment of a Bohr magneton
as well as its invariant angular momentum of , it can be shown that the relativistic correction to Eq. (58) is
times the reciprocal of Eq. (59). In addition, as given in the Spin Angular Momentum of the Orbitsphere with l=0 section of Ref [1], the application of a z-directed magnetic field of electron 2 given by Eq. (1.120) of Ref. [1] to the inner orbitsphere gives rise to a projection of the angular momentum of electron 1 onto an axis which precesses about the z-axis of
The projection of the force between electron 2 and electron 1 is equivalent to that of the angular momentum onto the axis which precesses about the z-axis. Thus, Eq. (58) becomes
Using Eq. (6), the outward centrifugal force on electron 2 is balanced by the electric force and the magnetic force (on electron 2),
which gives the radius of both electrons as
(Since the density factor always cancels, it will not be used in subsequent force balance equations).
2.A. Ionization Energies Calculated using the Poynting Power Theorem
During ionization, power must be conserved. Power flow is governed by the Poynting power theorem given by Eq. (35). Energy is superposable; thus, the calculation of the ionization energy is determined as a sum of the electric and magnetic contributions. Energy must be supplied to overcome the electric force of the nucleus, and this energy contribution is the negative of the electric work given by Eq. (64). Additionally, the electrons are initially spin paired at r1=r2=0.566987 α0 producing no magnetic fields; whereas, following ionization, the electrons possess magnetic fields and corresponding energies. For helium, the contribution to the ionization energy is given as the energy stored in the magnetic fields of the two electrons at the initial radius where they become spin unpaired. Part of this energy and the corresponding relativistic term correspond to the precession of the outer electron about the z-axis due to the spin angular momentum of the inner electron. These terms are the same as those of the corresponding terms of the hyperfine structure interval of muonium as given in the Muonium Hyperfine Structure Interval section of Ref [1]. Thus, for helium, which has no electric field beyond r1 the ionization energy is given by the general formula:
Eq. (65) is derived for each of the two electrons as Eq. (1.129) of the Magnetic Parameters of the Electron (Bohr Magneton) section of Ref. [1] with the radius given by Eq. (62).
For 3≦Z, a quantized electric field exists for r>r1 that gives rise to a dissipative term, J·E, of the Poynting Power Vector given by Eq. (35). Thus, the ionization energies are given by
With the substitution of the radius given by Eq. (62) into Eq. (6), the velocity ν is given by
with Z>1. For increasing Z, the velocity becomes a significant fraction of the speed of light; thus, special relativistic corrections as given in the Special Relativistic Correction to the Ionization Energies section of Ref. [1] and Sec. 1.C.a were included in the calculation of the ionization energies of two-electron atoms given in TABLE II. The calculated ionization energy for helium is 24.58750 eV and the experimental ionization energy is 24.58741 eV. The agreement in the values is within the limit set by experimental error [28].
The solution of the helium atom is further proven to be correct since it is used to solve up through twenty-electron atoms in the Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, and Twenty-Electron Atoms section of Ref. [1]. The predictions from general solutions for one through twenty-electron atoms are in remarkable agreement with the experimental values known for 400 atoms and ions.
a From Eq. (62).
b From Eq. (64).
c From Eq. (65).
d From Eq. (67).
e From Eq. (1.250) of Ref. [1] (follows Eqs. (6), (16), and (49)) with the velocity given by Eq. (67).
f From Eqs. (63) and (66) with E(electric) of Eq. (64) relativistically corrected by γ* according to Eq.(1.251) of Ref. [1] except that the electron-nuclear electrodynamic relativistic factor corresponding to the reduced mass of Eqs. (1.213-1.223) was not included.
g From theoretical calculations for ions Ne8+ to Cu28+ [24-25].
h (Experimental-theoretical)/experimental.
The initial central force balance equations with the nonradiation condition, the initial radii, and the initial energies of the electrons of multi-electron atoms before excitation is given in R. Mills, The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics, January 2005 Edition, BlackLight Power, Inc., Cranbury, N.J., (“'05 Mills GUT”) and R. L. Mills, “Exact Classical Quantum Mechanical Solutions for One-Through Twenty-Electron Atoms”, submitted; posted at http://www.blacklightpower.com/pdf/technical/Exact%20Classical%20Quantum%20Mechanical%20Solutions%20for %20One-%20Through %20Twenty-Electron%20Atoms %20042204.pdf which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
3. Excited States of Helium
(In this section equation numbers of the form (#.#) correspond to those given in R. Mills, The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics, January 2005 Edition, BlackLight Power, Inc., Cranbury, N.J., (“'05 Mills GUT”)).
Bound electrons are described by a charge-density (mass-density) function which is the product of a radial delta function (ƒ(r)=δ(r−rn)), two angular functions (spherical harmonic functions), and a time harmonic function. Thus, a bound electron is a dynamic “bubble-like” charge-density function. The two-dimensional spherical surface called an electron orbitsphere can exist in a bound state at only specified distances from the nucleus. More explicitly, the orbitsphere comprises a two-dimensional spherical shell of moving charge. The current pattern of the orbitsphere that gives rise to the phenomenon corresponding to the spin quantum number comprises an infinite series of correlated orthogonal great circle current loops. As given in the Orbitsphere Equation of Motion for l=0 section, the current pattern (shown in
Each orbitsphere is a spherical shell of negative charge (total charge=−e) of zero thickness at a distance rn from the nucleus (charge=+Ze). It is well known that the field of a spherical shell of charge is zero inside the shell and that of a point charge at the origin outside the shell [29] (See FIG. 1.12 of Ref. [1]). The field of each electron can be treated as that corresponding to a −e charge at the origin with
for r>rn and E=0 for r<rn where rn is the radius of the electron orbitsphere. Thus, as shown in the Two-Electron Atom section of Ref. [1], the central electric fields due to the helium nucleus are
and
for r<r1 and r1<r<r2, respectively. In the ground state of the helium atom, both electrons are at r1=r2=0.567αo. When a photon is absorbed, one of the initially indistinguishable electrons called electron 1 moves to a smaller radius, and the other called electron 2 moves to a greater radius. In the limiting case of the absorption of an ionizing photon, electron 1 moves to the radius of the helium ion, r1=0.5αo, and electron 2 moves to a continuum radius, r2=∞. When a photon is absorbed by the ground state helium atom it generates an effective charge, ZP-eff, within the second orbitsphere such that the electrons move in opposite radial directions while conserving energy and angular momentum. We can determine ZP-eff of the “trapped photon” electric field by requiring that the resonance condition is met for photons of discrete energy, frequency, and wavelength for electron excitation in an electromagnetic potential energy well.
It is well known that resonator cavities can trap electromagnetic radiation of discrete resonant frequencies. The orbitsphere is a resonator cavity which traps single photons of discrete frequencies. Thus, photon absorption occurs as an excitation of a resonator mode. The free space photon also comprises a radial Dirac delta function, and the angular momentum of the photon given by
in the Photon section of Ref. [1] is conserved [30] for the solutions for the resonant photons and excited state electron functions as shown for one-electron atoms in the Excited States of the One-Electron Atom (Quantization) section of Ref. [1]. The correspondence principle holds. That is the change in angular frequency of the electron is equal to the angular frequency of the resonant photon that excites the resonator cavity mode corresponding to the transition, and the energy is given by Planck's equation. It can be demonstrated that the resonance condition between these frequencies is to be satisfied in order to have a net change of the energy field [31].
In general, for a macroscopic multipole with a single m value, a comparison of Eq. (2.33) and Eq. (2.25) shows that the relationship between the angular momentum Mz, energy U, and angular frequency ω is given by Eq. (2.34):
independent of r where m is an integer. Furthermore, the ratio of the square of the angular momentum, M2, to the square of the energy, U2, for a pure (l, m) multipole follows from Eq. (2.25) and Eqs. (2.31-2.33) as given by Eq. (2.35):
From Jackson [32], the quantum mechanical interpretation is that the radiation from such a multipole of order (l, m) carries off m units of the z component of angular momentum per photon of energy
ω. However, the photon and the electron can each posses only
of angular momentum which requires that Eqs. (9.1-9.2) correspond to a state of the radiation field containing m photons.
As shown in the Excited States of the One-Electron Atom (Quantization) section of Ref. [1] during excitation the spin, orbital, or total angular momentum of the orbitsphere can change by zero or ±. The selection rules for multipole transitions between quantum states arise from conservation of the photon's multipole moment and angular momentum of
. In an excited state, the time-averaged mechanical angular momentum and rotational energy associated with the traveling charge-density wave on the orbitsphere is zero (Eq. (1.98)), and the angular momentum of
of the photon that excites the electronic state is carried by the fields of the trapped photon. The amplitudes of the rotational energy, moment of inertia, and angular momentum that couple to external magnetic and electromagnetic fields are given by Eq. (1.95) and (1.96), respectively. Furthermore, the electron charge-density waves are nonradiative due to the angular motion as shown in the Appendix 1: Nonradiation Based on the Electromagnetic Fields and the Poynting Power Vector section of Ref. [1]. But, excited states are radiative due to a radial dipole that arises from the presence of the trapped photon as shown in the Instability of Excited States section of Ref. [1] corresponding to m=1 in Eqs. (9.1-9.2).
Then, as shown in the Excited States of the One-Electron Atom (Quantization) section and the Derivation of the Rotational Parameters of the Electron section of Ref. [1], the total number of multipoles, Nl,s, of an energy level corresponding to a principal quantum number n where each multipole corresponds to an l and ml quantum number is
Any given state may be due to a direct transition or due to the sum of transitions between all intermediate states wherein the multiplicity of possible multipoles increases with higher states. Then, the relationships between the parameters of Eqs. (9.1) and (9.2) due to transitions of quantized angular momentum , energy
ω, and radiative via a radial dipole are given by substitution of m=1 and normalization of the energy U by the total number of degenerate multipoles, n2. This requires that the photon's electric field superposes that of the nucleus for r1<r<r2 such that the radial electric field has a magnitude proportional to e/n at the electron 2 where n=2, 3, 4, . . . for excited states such that U is decreased by the factor of 1/n2.
Energy is conserved between the electric and magnetic energies of the helium atom as shown by Eq. (7.26). The helium atom and the “trapped photon” corresponding to a transition to a resonant excited state have neutral charge and obey Maxwell's equations. Since charge is relativistically invariant, the energies in the electric and magnetic fields of the electrons of the helium atom must be conserved as photons are emitted or absorbed. The corresponding forces are determined from the requirement that the radial excited-state electric field has a magnitude proportional to e/n at electron 2.
The “trapped photon” is a “standing electromagnetic wave” which actually is a traveling wave that propagates on the surface around the z-axis, and its source current is only at the orbitsphere. The time-function factor, k(t), for the “standing wave” is identical to the time-function factor of the orbitsphere in order to satisfy the boundary (phase) condition at the orbitsphere surface. Thus, the angular frequency of the “trapped photon” has to be identical to the angular frequency of the electron orbitsphere, ωn, given by Eq. (1.55). Furthermore, the phase condition requires that the angular functions of the “trapped photon” have to be identical to the spherical harmonic angular functions of the electron orbitsphere. Combining k(t) with the φ-function factor of the spherical harmonic gives ei(mφ−ω
The photon “standing wave” in an excited electronic state is a solution of Laplace's equation in spherical coordinates with source currents given by Eq. (2.11) “glued” to the electron and phase-locked to the electron current density wave that travel on the surface with a radial electric field. As given in the Excited States of the One-Electron Atom (Quantization) section of Ref. [1], the photon field is purely radial since the field is traveling azimuthally at the speed of light even though the spherical harmonic function has a velocity less than light speed given by Eq. (1.56). The photon field does not change the nature of the electrostatic field of the nucleus or its energy except at the position of the electron. The photon “standing wave” function comprises a radial Dirac delta function that “samples” the Laplace equation solution only at the position infinitesimally inside of the electron current-density function and superimposes with the proton field to give a field of radial magnitude corresponding to a charge of e/n where n,=2, 3, 4, . . . .
The electric field of the nucleus for r1<r<r2 is
From Eq. (2.15), the equation of the electric field of the “trapped photon” for r=r2 where r2 is the radius of electron 2, is
The total central field for r=r2 is given by the sum of the electric field of the nucleus and the electric field of the “trapped photon”.
Etotal=Enucleus+Ephoton (9.6)
Substitution of Eqs. (9.4) and (9.5) into Eq. (9.6) gives for r1<r<r2,
For r=r2 and m=0, the total radial electric field is
The result is equivalent to Eq. (2.17) of the Excited States of the One-Electron Atom (Quantization) section of Ref. [1].
In contrast to short comings of quantum-mechanical equations, with classical quantum mechanics (CQM), all excited states of the helium atom can be exactly solved in closed form. The radii of electron 2 are determined from the force balance of the electric, magnetic, and centrifugal forces that corresponds to the minimum of energy of the system. The excited-state energies are then given by the electric energies at these radii. All singlet and triplet states with l=0 or l≠0 are solved exactly except for small terms corresponding to the magnetostatic energies in the magnetic fields of excited-state electrons, spin-nuclear interactions, and the very small term due to spin-orbital coupling. In the case of spin-nuclear interactions, αHe which includes the reduced electron mass according to Eqs. (1.221-1.224) was used rather than α0 as a partial correction, and a table of the spin-orbital energies was calculated for l=1 to compare to the effect of different l quantum numbers. For over 100 states, the agreement between the predicted and experimental results are remarkable.
3.A Singlet Excited States with l=0 (1s2→1s1(ns)1)
With l=0, the electron source current in the excited state is a constant function given by Eq. (1.64) that spins as a globe about the z-axis:
As given in the Derivation of the Magnetic Field section in Chapter One of Ref. [1] and by Eq. (12.342), the current is a function of sin θ which gives rise to a correction of ⅔ to the field given by Eq. (7.4) and, correspondingly, the magnetic force of two-electron atoms given by Eq. (7.15). The balance between the centrifugal and electric and magnetic forces is given by the Eq. (7.18):
with the exceptions that the electric and magnetic forces are reduced by a factor of
since the corresponding charge from Eq. (9.8) is
and the magnetic force is further corrected by the factor of ⅔. With
The excited-state energy is the energy stored in the electric field, Eele, given by Eqs. (1.232), (1.233), and (10.102) which is the energy of electron 2 relative to the ionized electron at rest having zero energy:
where r2 is given by Eq. (9.11) and from Eq. (9.8), Z=1/n in Eq. (1.233). The energies of the various singlet excited states of helium with l=0 appear in TABLE III.
As shown in the Special Relativistic Correction to the Ionization Energies section of Ref. [1] and Sec. 1.C.a the electron possesses an invariant charge-to-mass ratio
angular momentum of , and magnetic moment of a Bohr magneton (μB). This invariance feature provides for the stability of multielectron atoms as shown in the Two-Electron Atom section of Ref. [1] and the Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, and Twenty-Electron Atoms section of Ref. [1]. This feature also permits the existence of excited states wherein electrons magnetically interact. The electron's motion corresponds to a current which gives rise to a magnetic field with a field strength that is inversely proportional to its radius cubed as given in Eq. (9.10) wherein the magnetic field is a relativistic effect of the electric field as shown by Jackson [33]. Since the forces on electron 2 due to the nucleus and electron 1 (Eq. (9.10)) are radial/central, invariant of r1, and independent of r1 with the condition that r1<r2, r2 can be determined without knowledge of r1. But, once r2 is determined, r1 can be solved using the equal and opposite magnetic force of electron 2 on electron 1 and the central Coulombic force corresponding to the nuclear charge of 2e. Using Eq. (9.10), the force balance between the centrifugal and electric and magnetic forces is
where r2 is given by Eq. (9.11) and r1 and r2 are in units of αHe. To obtain the solution of cubic Eq. (9.14), let
Then, Eq. (9.14) becomes
r13−2gr1+g=0 n=2, 3, 4, . . . (9.16)
and the roots are
The complex number z is defined by
where the modulus, r, and argument, θ, are
respectively. The cube roots are
The real and physical root is
a Radius of the inner electron 1 from Eq. (9.29).
b Radius of the outer electron 2 from Eq. (9.11).
e Classical quantum mechanical (CQM) calculated energy levels given by the electric energy (Eq. (9.12)).
d Experimental NIST levels [34] with the ionization potential defined as zero.
e (Theoretical-Experimental)/Experimental.
3.B Triplet Excited States with l=(1s2→1s1(ns)i)
For l=0, time-independent charge-density waves corresponding to the source currents travel on the surface of the orbitsphere of electron 2 about the z-axis at the angular frequency given by Eq. (1.55). In the case of singlet states, the current due to spin of electron 1 and electron 2 rotate in opposite directions; whereas, for triplet states, the relative motion of the spin currents is in the same direction. In the triplet state, the electrons are spin-unpaired, but due to the superposition of the excited state source currents and the current corresponding to the spin-unpairing transition to create the triplet state, the spin-spin force is paramagnetic. The angular momentum corresponding to the excited states is and the angular momentum change corresponding to the spin-flip or 180° rotation of the Larmor precession is also
as given in the Magnetic Parameters of the Electron (Bohr Magneton) section of Ref. [1]. The maximum projection of the angular momentum of a constant function onto a defined axis (Eq. (1.74a)) is
Following the derivation for Eq. (7.15) using Eq. (9.30) and a magnetic moment of 2μB corresponding to a total angular momentum of the excited triplet state of 2, the spin-spin force for electron 2 is twice that of the singlet states:
The excited-state energy is the energy stored in the electric field, Eele, given by Eq. (9.12) where r2 is given by Eq. (9.32). The energies of the various triplet excited states of helium with l=0 appear in TABLE IV.
Using r2 (Eq. (9.32), r1 can be solved using the equal and opposite magnetic force of electron 2 on electron 1 and the central Coulombic force corresponding to the nuclear charge of 2e. Using Eq. (9.31), the force balance between the centrifugal and electric and magnetic forces is
where r2 is given by Eq. (9.32) and r1 and r2 are in units of αHe. To obtain the solution of cubic Eq. (9.34), let
Then, Eq. (9.34) becomes
r13−2gr1+g=0 n=2, 3, 4, . . . (9.36)
Using Eqs. (9.16-9.29), the real and physical root is
a Radius of the inner electron 1 from Eq. (9.37).
b Radius of the outer electron 2 from Eq. (9.32).
e Classical quantum mechanical (CQM) calculated energy levels given by the electric energy (Eq. (9.12)).
d Experimental NIST levels [34] with the ionization potential defined as zero.
e (Theoretical-Experimental)/Experimental.
3.C Singlet Excited States with l≠0
With l≠0, the electron source current in the excited state is the sum of constant and time-dependent functions where the latter, given by Eq. (1.65), travels about the z-axis. The current due to the time dependent term of Eq. (1.65) corresponding to p, d, f, etc. orbitals is
where to keep the form of the spherical harmonic as a traveling wave about the z-axis, {dot over (ω)}n=mωn and N and N′ are normalization constants. The vectors are defined as
“^” denotes the unit vectors
non-unit vectors are designed in bold, and the current function is normalized.
Jackson [35] gives the general multipole field solution to Maxwell's equations in a source-free region of empty space with the assumption of a time dependence eiω
where the cgs units used by Jackson are retained in this section. The radial functions fl(kr) and gl(kr) are of the form:
·gl(kr)=At(1)hl(1)+Al(2)hl(2) (9.42)
Xl,m is the vector spherical harmonic defined by
The coefficients αE(l,m) and αM(l,m) of Eq. (9.41) specify the amounts of electric (l,m) multipole and magnetic (l,m) multipole fields, and are determined by sources and boundary conditions as are the relative proportions in Eq. (9.42). Jackson gives the result of the electric and magnetic coefficients from the sources as
respectively, where the distribution of charge ρ(x,t), current J(x,t), and intrinsic magnetization M(x,t) are harmonically varying sources: ρ(x)e−ω
where the magnetic multipole moments are
From Eq. (1.108), the geometrical factor of the surface current-density function of the orbitsphere about the z-axis is
Using the geometrical factor, Eqs. (9.47-9.48), and Eqs. (16.101) and (16.102) of Jackson [36], the multipole coefficient αMag(l,m) of the magnetic force of Eq. (7.15) is
For singlet states with l≠0, a minimum energy is achieved with conservation of the photon's angular momentum of when the magnetic moments of the corresponding angular momenta relative to the electron velocity (and corresponding Lorentzian forces given by Eq. (7.5)) superimpose negatively such that the spin component is radial (ir-direction) and the orbital component is central (−ir-direction). The amplitude of the orbital angular momentum Lrotational orbital, given by Eq. (1.96b) is
Thus, using Eqs. (7.15), (9.8), and (9.49-9.50), the magnetic force between the two electrons is
and the force balance equation from Eq. (7.18) which achieves the condition that the sum of the mechanical momentum and electromagnetic momentum is conserved as given in Sections 6.6, 12.10, and 17.3 of Jackson [37] is
The excited-state energy is the energy stored in the electric field, Eele, given by Eq. (9.12) where r2 is given by Eq. (9.53). The energies of the various singlet excited states of helium with l≠0 appear in TABLE V.
Using r2 (Eq. (9.53), r1 can be solved using the equal and opposite magnetic force of electron 2 on electron 1 and the central Coulombic force corresponding to the nuclear charge of 2e. Using Eq. (9.52), the force balance between the centrifugal and electric and magnetic forces is
where r2 is given by Eq. (9.53) and r1 and r2 are in units of αHe. To obtain the solution of cubic Eq. (9.55), let
Then, Eq. (9.55) becomes
r13−2gr1+g=0 n=2, 3, 4, . . . (9.57)
Three distinct cases arise depending on the value of l. For l=1 or l=2, g of Eq. (9.56) is negative and A and B of Eqs. (9.20) and (9.21), respectively, are real:
The only real root is
while r12 and r13 are complex conjugates. When l=3 the magnetic force term (2nd term on RHS) of Eq. (9.52) is zero, and the force balance trivially gives
r1=0.5αHe (9.61)
When l=4, 5, 6 . . . all three roots are real, but, the physical root is r13. In this case, note that n≧5, l≧4; so, the factor g of Eq. (9.56) is large (>108). Expanding r13 for large values of g gives
a Radius of the inner electron 1 from Eq. (9.60) for l = 1 or l = 2, Eq. (9.61) for l = 3, and Eq. (9.62) for l = 4, 5, 6 . . . .
b Radius of the outer electron 2 from Eq. (9.53).
e Classical quantum mechanical (CQM) calculated energy levels given by the electric energy (Eq. (9.12)).
d Experimental NIST levels [34] with the ionization potential defined as zero.
e (Theoretical-Experimental)/Experimental.
3.D Triplet Excited States with l≠0
For triplet states with l≠0, a minimum energy is achieved with conservation of the photon's angular momentum of when the magnetic moments of the corresponding angular momenta superimpose negatively such that the spin component is central and the orbital component is radial. Furthermore, as given for the triplet states with l=0, the spin component in Eqs. (9.51) and (9.52) is doubled. Thus, the force balance equation is given by
The excited-state energy is the energy stored in the electric field, Eele, given by Eq. (9.12) where r2 is given by Eq. (9.64). The energies of the various triplet excited states of helium with l≠0 appear in TABLE VI.
Using r2 (Eq. (9.64), r1 can be solved using the equal and opposite magnetic force of electron 2 on electron 1 and the central Coulombic force corresponding to the nuclear charge of 2e. Using Eq. (9.63), the force balance between the centrifugal and electric and magnetic forces is
where r2 is given by Eq. (9.64) and r1 and r2 are in units of αHe. To obtain the solution of cubic Eq. (9.66), let
Then, Eq. (9.66) becomes
r13−2gr1+g=0 n=2, 3, 4, . . . (9.68)
Using Eqs. (9.16-9.29), the real and physical root is
a Radius of the inner electron 1 from Eq. (9.69).
b Radius of the outer electron 2 from Eq. (9.64).
e Classical quantum mechanical (CQM) calculated energy levels given by the electric energy (Eq. (9.12)).
d Experimental NIST levels [34] with the ionization potential defined as zero.
e(Theoretical-Experimental)/Experimental.
3.E All Excited He I States
The combined energies of the various states of helium appear in TABLE VII. A plot of the predicted and experimental energies of levels assigned by NIST [34] appears in
The hydrino states given in the Hydrino Theory—BlackLight Process section of Ref. [1] are strongly supported by the calculation of the helium excited states as well as the hydrogen excited states given in the Excited States of the One-Electron Atom (Quantization) section of Ref. [1] since the electron-photon model is the same in both the excited-states and in the lower-energy states of hydrogen except that the photon provides a central field of magnitude n in the hydrino case and 1/n in the excited-state case.
a Radius of the inner electron 1 of singlet excited states with l = 0 from Eq. (9.29); triplet excited states with l = 0 from Eq. (9.37); singlet excited states with l ≠ 0 from Eq. (9.60) for l = 1 or l = 2 and Eq. (9.61) for l = 3, and Eq. (9.62) for l = 4, 5, 6 . . . ; triplet excited states with l ≠ 0 from Eq. (9.69), and 1s2 1S from Eq. (7.19).
b Radius of the outer electron 2 of singlet excited states with l = 0 from Eq. (9.11); triplet excited states with l = 0 from Eq. (9.32); singlet excited states with l ≠ 0 from Eq. (9.53); triplet excited states with l ≠ 0 from Eq. (9.64), and 1s2 1S from Eq. (7.19).
e Classical quantum mechanical (CQM) calculated excited-state energy levels given by the electric energy (Eq. (9.12)) and the energy level of 1s2 1S is given by Eqs. (7.28-7.30).
d Experimental NIST levels [34] with the ionization potential defined as zero.
e (Theoretical-Experimental)/Experimental.
3.F Spin-Orbital Coupling of Excited States with l≠0
Due to 1.) the invariance of each of
of the electron, the electron angular momentum of , and μB from the spin angular and orbital angular momentum, 2.) the condition that flux must be linked by the electron orbitsphere in units of the magnetic flux quantum, and 3.) the maximum projection of the spin angular momentum of the electron onto an axis is
the magnetic energy term of the electron g-factor gives the spin-orbital coupling energy Es/o (Eq. (2.102)):
For the n=2 state of hydrogen, the radius is r=2α0, and the predicted energy difference between the 2P3/2 and 2P1/2 levels of the hydrogen atom due to spin-orbital interaction is
As in the case of the 2P1/2→2S1/2 transition, the photon-momentum transfer for the 2P3/2→2P1/2 transition gives rise to a small frequency shift derived after that of the Lamb shift with Δmt=−1 included. The energy, EFS, for the 2P3/2→2P1/2 transition called the fine structure splitting is given by Eq. (2.113):
where the first term corresponds to Es/o given by Eq. (9.71) expressed in terms of the mass energy of the electron (Eq. (2.106)) and the second and third terms correspond to the electron recoil and atom recoil, respectively. The energy of 4.53659×10−5 eV corresponds to a frequency of 10,969.4 MHz or a wavelength of 2.73298 cm. The experimental value of the 2P3/2→2P1/2 transition frequency is 10,969.1 MHz. The large natural widths of the hydrogen 2p levels limits the experimental accuracy; yet, given this limitation, the agreement between the theoretical and experimental fine structure is excellent. Using r2 given by Eq. (9.53), the spin-orbital energies were calculated for l=1 using Eq. (9.70) to compare to the effect of different l quantum numbers. There is agreement between the magnitude of the predicted results given in TABLE VIII and the experimental dependence on the l quantum number as given in TABLE VII.
a Radius of the outer electron 2 from Eq. (9.53).
b The spin-orbital coupling energy of electron 2 from Eq. (9.70) using r2 from Eq. (9.53).
4. Systems
Embodiments of the system for performing computing and rendering of the nature of excited-state atomic and atomic-ionic electrons using the physical solutions may comprise a general purpose computer. Such a general purpose computer may have any number of basic configurations. For example, such a general purpose computer may comprise a central processing unit (CPU), one or more specialized processors, system memory, a mass storage device such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or other storage device, an input means such as a keyboard or mouse, a display device, and a printer or other output device. A system implementing the present invention can also comprise a special purpose computer or other hardware system and all should be included within its scope.
The display can be static or dynamic such that spin and angular motion with corresponding momenta can be displayed in an embodiment. The displayed information is useful to anticipate reactivity, physical properties, and optical absorption and emission. The insight into the nature of atomic and atomic-ionic excited-state electrons can permit the solution and display of those of other atoms and atomic ions and provide utility to anticipate their reactivity and physical properties as well as facilitate the development of light sources and materials that respond to light.
Embodiments within the scope of the present invention also include computer program products comprising computer readable medium having embodied therein program code means. Such computer readable media can be any available media which can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EPROM, CD ROM, DVD or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can embody the desired program code means and which can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media. Program code means comprises, for example, executable instructions and data which cause a general purpose computer or special purpose computer to perform a certain function of a group of functions.
A specific example of the rendering of the electron of atomic hydrogen using Mathematica and computed on a PC is shown in
To generate a spherical shell:
SphericalPlot3D[1,{q,0,p},{f,0,2p},Boxed®False,Axes®False]. The rendering can be viewed from different perspectives. A specific example of the rendering of atomic hydrogen using Mathematica and computed on a PC is shown in
To generate the picture of the electron and proton:
Electron=SphericalPlot3D[1,{q,0,p},{f,0,2p-p/2},Boxed®False,Axes®False]; Proton=Show[Graphics3D[{Blue,PointSize[0.03],Point[{0,0,0}]}],Boxed®False]; Show[Electron,Proton];
Specific examples of the rendering of the spherical-and-time-harmonic-electron-charge-density functions of non-excited and excited-state electrons using Mathematica and computed on a PC are shown in
To generate L1MO:
The radii of orbitspheres of the electrons of each excited-state atom and atomic ion are calculated by solving the force balance equation given by Maxwell's equations for a given set of quantum numbers, and the state is displayed as modulated charge-density waves on each two-dimensional orbitsphere at each calculated radius. A computer rendering of the helium atom in the n=2, l=1 excited state according to the present Invention is shown in
The present Invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof and, accordingly, reference should be made to the appended claims, rather than to the foregoing specification, as indicating the scope of the Invention.
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