Published January 15, 1976 | Version v1
Journal article

On the hyperfine splitting of the hydrogen atom in a spherical box

  • 1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W0

Description

The hyperfine splitting of the hydrogenlike atom confined to a sphere of radius r0 is examined as a function of r0. The wavefunction is made to vanish at r=r0 and is normalized to unity over the finite sphere. The effect of decreasing r0 (i.e., compressing the sphere isotropically) on the hyperfine splitting A of the ground state is nonlinear, with A increasing approximately as r-10. Comparison with atomic hydrogen trapped in α-quartz is made

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Journal Title
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
2
Series
J. Chem. Phys.
Journal Page Range
510-513
ISSN
0021-9606

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
7249830
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GROUND STATES; HYDROGEN; HYPERFINE STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; FUNCTIONS; NONMETALS

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