Published July 9, 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Zero-contingent entropy of quantum states of a Hydrogen atom

  • 1. Department of Theoretical Physics Palacky Unoversity Svobody 26 771 46 Olomouc (Czech Republic)

Description

We calculated the zero-contingent entropy for the position of electron in H-atom as a function of its quantum numbers and compared it with the corresponding value of the Shannon entropy. The values of zero-contingent entropy of quantum states of H-atom correlate well with the corresponding values of Shannon's entropy. This points out that, besides the Shannon entropy, the zero-contingent entropy represents an appropriate, and mathematically rather simple, measure of the spreading out of the wave functions in H-atom. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Slovaca
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 615-621
ISSN
0323-0465
CODEN
APSVCO

INIS

Country of Publication
Slovakia
Country of Input or Organization
Slovakia
INIS RN
29067386
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DATA COVARIANCES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON EXCHANGE; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM NUMBERS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELEMENTS; NONMETALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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