Purdue PHYS 342: Modern Physics L6.1: Hydrogen Atom: The Radial Probability Density

Table of Contents: 00:09 Lecture 6.1: The Radial Probability Density – A lecture with examples 02:20 Probability Density 04:50 The volume element dV in spherical coordinates 06:39 Defining the Radial Probability Density 10:16 Example I: Calculate the radial probability density 13:10 Working it out in detail gives the same answer 15:03 Example II: Plot the radial probability density 18:31 Example III: Plot the radial probability density 21:32 "Dot density" representation of radial probability density 23:07 Example IV: If an electron is in the n=2, ℓ=1 state 26:46 Up Next This video is part of the nanoHUB hosted course "Modern Physics" (http://nanohub.org/courses/phys342) Purdue PHYS 342 provides an introduction to the physical principles underlying topics in Modern Physics. This course is intended to provide engineering undergraduate students with a firm base from which they can extend their understanding of the quantum world.