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hydrogenic

hydrogenic

8.4
Like a hydrogen atom with one electron moving around its centre
  • adjective
  • /haɪˈdrɒdʒənɪk/
  • Specialized
: hidrogénico
  • Notes for that course also include elegant and revealing unpublished treatments of Coulomb scattering and the unusual ways in which the Stark effect lifts hydrogenic degeneracies.
  • hydrogenic atom

The question is how close do we get with hydrogenic wave functions to the actual measured energy?

Examples

  • It's easy to calculate the dependence of the energy levels of a hydrogenic atom on the nuclear mass and thus predict its spectral properties.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Improvements in the theory of the energy levels of hydrogenic atoms also contributed to the uncertainty reduction.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The question is how close do we get with hydrogenic wave functions to the actual measured energy?

  • OK, so now for hydrogenic functions there, there are two kinds of matrix elements of R that we care about.

  • The excited electron can bind to the hole to form an exciton, which has a hydrogenic wavefunction in the relative coordinate.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In 1921, the most advanced quantum theory was still the Bohr model, as generalized for a hydrogenic atom in 1916 by Arnold Sommerfeld and, independently, by Peter Debye.

    Academic text (2003)
  • A hydrogenic atom displays behaviors that mirror those of hydrogen due to its atomic structure.

  • Scientists often study hydrogenic models to better understand atomic interactions and behaviors.

  • The properties of hydrogenic compounds can provide valuable insights into chemical reactions involving hydrogen.

Surface Forms

hydrogenic positive

Morphology

hydrogenic = hydrogen (transparent) = hydrogen + ic

Derived from 'hydrogen' with the standard adjectival suffix '-ic', giving the sense 'relating to or resembling hydrogen'.

Etymology

Hydrogenic comes from hydrogen, built from hydro- 'water' and -gen 'to make', and it means 'like hydrogen' in form or behavior. So a hydrogenic atom or model is one that behaves like hydrogen, often with just one electron.