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Neat. Can the energy levels described by a probability distribution?
by potatoman22 5y ago
Neat. Can the energy levels described by a probability distribution?
- mensetmanusman 5y agoOnly when you put trillions and trillions close by (a cup of coffee has about a quadrillion atoms with electrons moving between states). This is because the discrete energy levels don’t like to share the exact same energy levels as neighbors (Pauli exclusion principle). For single atoms, the energy levels are exactly defined by the Schrödinger equation:)