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Re: [Phys-L] zero point motion and E-M emission



OTOH, one should not be able to arrive at different results depending on the basis set that one chooses for expressing vector (state).

This comment does not contradict the last comment below, which John D., often and appropriately reminds phys-L

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|From: Phys-l [mailto:phys-l-bounces@phys-l.org] On Behalf Of John Denker
|Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:09 PM
|To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org
|Subject: Re: [Phys-L] zero point motion and E-M emission
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|On 06/11/2013 10:56 AM, richard lindgren wrote:
|> Another way of looking at this is the way I learned it is that that
|> the electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom does not radiate
|> because there is no final state for the electron to go to in as simple
|> terms as I can put it. It was quantization that solved this riddle.
|
|That is *one* reasonable way of looking at it. That's what you get if you
|choose the spectroscopic SPDF basis.
|
|However, that misses the point of BC's original question, namely that there
|are other ways of analyzing the situation.
|
|Mastery of the subject requires being able to look at it from more than one
|point of view, and being able to reconcile the various views.
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