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Consider an electron confined to an infinite well of width 2ao (Bohr radius). Compare its energy...

Consider an electron confined to an infinite well of width 2ao (Bohr radius). Compare its energy in its three lowest energy states to the three lowest energy states of the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom. Repeat for a proton confined to a well of width 2x10-15 m (a nucleus).

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