In reply to David Roberson's message of Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:40:39 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] >That should be true if the electron acts as a point charge since we know the >atom is stable. Have you looked into relativity effects to see if they >influence the electron radiation cancellation at ground state?
The relativistic effects are only minor in the ground state, because the velocity is only alpha*c. (about 1% of light speed), whereas change in angular momentum is maximal for n=1 -> n=1/2, hence the relativistic effect would only be a minor correction, and nowhere near the something like 100% that would be needed for photon creation. >I wonder if time dilation might make a point charge appear as a continuous one >under the right circumstances. Not relevant in this case. >Of course....if the electron were in fact a continuous charge disc, etc. then >the problem would also go away. ;-) True. :) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
