What do you mean by elliptical orbits? What are the electrons orbiting in your question? You need to pose a satisfactory question before you can get a satisfactory explanation.hi,this is my first post...
i've browsed several sites n couldn find a satisfactory explanation as to why electrons have eliptical orbits...can someone help me over here??
But, the electrons don't orbit in the usual sense, and there is no basis to say that the shapes of the wave functions are elliptical.Electron orbitals depend on quantized values of energy, angular momentum, and spin. The "shapes" of the orbits represent the probability of an electron being in a certain region, and these shapes are dictated by the solutions to the Schrodinger equation. If you are unfamiliar with the mathematics then that is probably a less than satisfying explanation. There is no satisfactory explanation that relys on classical physics.
That is true and is the reason why I used the word "orbitals". They are not orbits, and they are not circular or elliptical because those are two dimensional forms. Quantum behavior cannot be understood in classical terms.But, the electrons don't orbit in the usual sense, and there is no basis to say that the shapes of the wave functions are elliptical.
Yes, and I know that you know that.That is true and is the reason why I used the word "orbitals". They are not orbits, and they are not circular or elliptical because those are two dimensional forms. Quantum behavior cannot be understood in classical terms.
I was asked as a part of assignment to find out why the electons orbit in an elliptical path similar to that of planets..its based on Sommerfeld's theory ..mathematically it can be proved ..but wanted to know the actual reason behind that theory??Yes, and I know that you know that.
I just don't think the OP has phrased a proper question yet. Is he saying that electrons will orbit a nucleus in elliptical orbital paths that are similar to planets orbiting the sun? Or, is he saying something completely different, - like electrons are traveling in a magnetic field and following orbits due to Lorentz force? Or, something else entirely?
Oh yes of course I forgot it was Pauli not Pauling.Linus Pauling was a Nobel laureate in Chemistry for his work on the nature of chemical bonds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling
Wofgang Pauli was a Nobel laureate in Physics and the exclusion principle for fermions is due to him. Fermions are particles that have half integer spin and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_exclusion_principle
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