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The binding energies of the hydrogen isotopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. H. Wilson
Affiliation:
Trinity College

Extract

The wave equation for the deuteron in its ground state is solved on the assumption that the mutual potential energy of a neutron and a proton is of the form r−1e−λr. The binding energy of the hydrogen isotope H3 is calculated approximately by the variation method.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1938

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