File:Hydrogen orbitals.gif

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3D representation of the first few orbitals of the hydrogen atom.

Summary

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Description
English: First few orbitals (modulus square of the wavefunction) for the textbook QM solution of the hydrogen atom.
Date
Source https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1093540979666231306
Author Jacopo Bertolotti
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https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1030470604418428929

Mathematica 11.0 code

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\[Alpha]0 = 1;
\[Psi][n_, l_, m_, r_, \[Theta]_, \[Phi]_] := Sqrt[(2/(n \[Alpha]0))^3 (n - l - 1)!/(2 n ((n + l)!))] E^(-r/(n \[Alpha]0)) ((2 r)/(n \[Alpha]0))^l LaguerreL[n - l - 1, 2 l + 1, (2 r)/(n \[Alpha]0)] SphericalHarmonicY[l, m, \[Theta], \[Phi]];
p1 = Flatten@Table[
   f = TransformedField["Spherical" -> "Cartesian", \[Psi][n, l, m, r, \[Theta], \[Phi]], {r, \[Theta], \[Phi]} -> {x, y, z}];
   DensityPlot3D[Abs[f]^2
    , {x, -30, 30}, {y, -30, 30}, {z, -30, 30}, ColorFunction -> Hue, ColorFunctionScaling -> True, Boxed -> False, Axes -> False, PlotLabel -> Style[StringForm["Hydrogen atom orbitals\n |\[Psi]\!\(\*SuperscriptBox[\(|\), \\(2\)]\) : n=`` l=`` m=``", n, l, m], Medium, FontFamily -> "DejaVu Serif"], LabelStyle -> {Black, Bold}, RegionFunction -> Function[{x, y, z}, x < 0 || y > 0], PlotLegends -> Automatic], {n, 1, 4}, {l, 0, n - 1}, {m, -l, l}]

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This file, which was originally posted to https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1030470604418428929, was reviewed on 9 February 2019 by reviewer Ronhjones, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.

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