The Hydrogen Atom as an Entangled Electron-Proton System
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Paolo Tommasini; Eddy Timmermans; A. F. R. de Toledo Piza
- Source
- Subject
- Physics
Quantum Physics
Proton
FOS: Physical sciences
General Physics and Astronomy
Motion (geometry)
Hydrogen atom
Electron
Quantum entanglement
Density matrix formalism
Simple (abstract algebra)
Atomic physics
Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
- Language
- English
We illustrate the description of correlated subsystems by studying the simple two-body Hydrogen atom. We study the entanglement of the electron and proton coordinates in the exact analytical solution. This entanglement, which we quantify in the framework of the density matrix formalism, describes correlations in the electron-proton motion.
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