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Does anti-hydrogen have the same spectral signature as regular hydrogen?
by __alexs 5y ago
Does anti-hydrogen have the same spectral signature as regular hydrogen?
- akomtu 5y agoI guess so, if its electron/positron shell is the same. But I dont mean just antihydrogen. I'm sure there are many nucleus configurations that have the +1 charge and thus look like hydrogen from the outside.
- tryonenow 5y agoBut a larger nucleus would be unlikely to produce the same spectral signature even with the same charge. The energy transitions would be different, especially with different orbital shells and subtle quantum effects.
- bigbillheck 5y ago> I'm sure there are many nucleus configurations that have the +1 charge and thus look like hydrogen from the outside. Name three.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoAn anti-hydrogen star - or even an entire star system - surrounded by normal dust would show annihilation events in the spectrum. So it would be very distinctive and unusual.