Bohr model of hydrogen

Layer 1 — Physicsin the atomic-physics subtree

Pre-QM semi-classical atom with quantised angular momentum L = nℏ; predicts E_n = −13.6 eV/n² and the Rydberg spectrum. Superseded by Schrödinger theory but heuristically correct.

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