Quantum Riddle
Question: Of the bound hydrogen atom eigenstates, which has the highest kinetic energy?
Answer: The lowest energy state.
Ain't that curious? Kepler's laws helped me understand this one. Oh, and this holds for all molecules - I leave the proof as an exercise.
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Am I missing something, or shouldn't this be "obvious" from the virial theorem.
now how about the morse potential? obviousness of the base case should mean generalizability in some sense right?