513.001 Molecular and Solid State Physics

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Physical
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Periodic System
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Hydrogen wavefunction

The Hamiltonian for a hydrogen atom in spherical coordinates is,

The ground state wavefunction has the form,

By substituting this wavefunction into the Schrödinger equation, determine the energy of this state and the value of the Bohr radius a0.