The energy valley
Drag the electron closer to the proton or further away. Attraction pulls the energy down, confinement pushes it up, and the total is lowest at 0.053 nanometres: the ground state of hydrogen.
Drag the electron closer to the proton or further away. Attraction pulls the energy down, confinement pushes it up, and the total is lowest at 0.053 nanometres: the ground state of hydrogen.