i think it's time to re-indoctrinate the youthpic.twitter.com/tdi0bFAYOA
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Replying to @InertialObservr
It is time - yes, but please not with this wrong image. Always think about the parameters you are ignoring. (Fancy colors do not help)!
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Replying to @doctwix
What parameters am I ignoring? The ‘fancy’ colors are the arg of the spherical harmonic, which is why you see it repeat after a half-rotation
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Replying to @InertialObservr @doctwix
That accounts for all degrees of freedom in the angular wave function, as I’ve superimposed real and imaginary parts colored by arg(z)
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Replying to @InertialObservr
Well, translational, rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom are imho nothing that help understand the essence of electron density or core composition of different atoms.
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Replying to @doctwix
What? The radial and rotational degrees of freedom and the schrödinger equation are literally all there is to hydrogen quantum mechanically.. If you want to get into a core understanding of atomic structure you need to solve confinement first (a 1m$ prize awaits)
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Replying to @InertialObservr @doctwix
And for that very reason the image is still wrong. Yet, not denying it's a better representation.
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Replying to @NoTengoBattery @doctwix
as long as your willing to take the limit of that and say image you have ever seen of a physical theory is 'wrong' .. the theory that makes your cell phone and internet run so that you can respond are 'wrong'..
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Replying to @InertialObservr @doctwix
All approximations are wrong. All incomplete models are wrong. That's the dilemma between engineers and mathematicians. But your don't need a fancy 3D electron with colors to build and design a phone, trust me: engineering got this far without that "new model".
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Incorrect on many levels. The planetary model of the atom predicts that an electron will spiral into a nucleus in less that 10^(-10) seconds, leaving 0 atoms in the universe .. imagine what it would do if trying to build a cell phone on that model
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