Rabi cycle between hydrogen orbitals 2,1,1 and 3,2,0pic.twitter.com/xQ78xhehgl
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how is it that i see so many people model electron orbitals with such ease, yet i've never seen a visual depiction of a photon, a proton, a quark etc... how is the math for calculating stable orbitals different from the math for other stable quantum structures?
I’m not an expert but I can give a few reasons. First, it’s a simplified model treating the electron as a quantum particle (instead of a quantum field). Also, quarks have more complicated interactions, though, you can find visualizations if you search lattice qcd
