Hydrogen Orbitals

Equiprobability surfaces for hydrogen orbitals correspond to the wavefunctions (Subscript[ψ, n,l,m])(r). Here n is the principal quantum number, l is the total angular momentum quantum number, and m is the magnetic quantum number. Hydrogen orbitals are covered in a first-year quantum mechanics course. The pictures presented are typically ambiguous in what they display. The proper way is to show equiprobability surfaces.

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n — principal quantum number
l — total angular momentum quantum number
m — projected angular momentum quantum number
p — fraction of the maximal probability density

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Contributed by: Michael Trott

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