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  2. Atomic orbital - Wikipedia

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    Simple pictures showing orbital shapes are intended to describe the angular forms of regions in space where the electrons occupying the orbital are likely to be found. The diagrams cannot show the entire region where an electron can be found, since according to quantum mechanics there is a non-zero probability of finding the electron (almost ...

  3. Bohr–Sommerfeld model - Wikipedia

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    where p r is the radial momentum canonically conjugate to the coordinate q, which is the radial position, and T is one full orbital period. The integral is the action of action-angle coordinates . This condition, suggested by the correspondence principle , is the only one possible, since the quantum numbers are adiabatic invariants .

  4. Orbit equation - Wikipedia

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    In astrodynamics, an orbit equation defines the path of orbiting body around central body relative to , without specifying position as a function of time.Under standard assumptions, a body moving under the influence of a force, directed to a central body, with a magnitude inversely proportional to the square of the distance (such as gravity), has an orbit that is a conic section (i.e. circular ...

  5. Electron configuration - Wikipedia

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    It shows the ground state configuration in terms of orbital occupancy, but it does not show the ground state in terms of the sequence of orbital energies as determined spectroscopically. For example, in the transition metals, the 4s orbital is of a higher energy than the 3d orbitals; and in the lanthanides, the 6s is higher than the 4f and 5d.

  6. Molecular orbital - Wikipedia

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    The orbital wave functions are positive in the red regions and negative in the blue. The right column shows virtual MO's which are empty in the ground state, but may be occupied in excited states. In chemistry, a molecular orbital (/ ɒr b ə d l /) is a mathematical function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in a ...

  7. Linear combination of atomic orbitals - Wikipedia

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    where is a molecular orbital represented as the sum of n atomic orbitals , each multiplied by a corresponding coefficient , and r (numbered 1 to n) represents which atomic orbital is combined in the term. The coefficients are the weights of the contributions of the n atomic orbitals to the molecular orbital.

  8. Magnetic quantum number - Wikipedia

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    The orbital magnetic quantum number takes integer values in the range from to +, including zero. [3] Thus the s, p, d, and f subshells contain 1, 3, 5, and 7 orbitals each. Each of these orbitals can accommodate up to two electrons (with opposite spins), forming the basis of the periodic table.

  9. Kepler orbit - Wikipedia

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    An elliptic Kepler orbit with an eccentricity of 0.7, a parabolic Kepler orbit and a hyperbolic Kepler orbit with an eccentricity of 1.3. The distance to the focal point is a function of the polar angle relative to the horizontal line as given by the equation ()