Atomic Orbitals, Visualized Dynamically

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Visuals of quantum orbitals are always so static. What happens when an electron transitions? A current must flow to conserve the probability. What does that look like?! Nick Lucid - Creator/Host/Writer/Editor/Animator ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS What is a Quantum Wave Function? https://youtu.be/vShpwplJyXk ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Kurzgesagt on Matter: https://youtu.be/_lNF3_30lUE https://youtu.be/X9otDixAtFw Stated Clearly on Atoms: https://youtu.be/LhveTGblGHY ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: https://www.scienceasylum.com ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Fabio Manzini, William Morton, Rajyavardhan Reddy Einsteinium Crazies: Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Ken Davis, LT Marshall, Wacky Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, CrouchingTigerHiddenAdam, Eugene Boone, Jon Adams, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Rick Dinning, Stephen Blinn, Vittorio Monaco ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES https://hypertextbook.com/facts/1996/MichaelPhillip.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_spherical_harmonics https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrogen_Density_Plots.png Field Play Animation: https://anvaka.github.io/fieldplay/ ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2Ykg8Fq2w&lc=Ugwm9n5cfQYDT966pIR4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2Ykg8Fq2w&lc=UgxSIXoxLvr0fC4FIj14AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2Ykg8Fq2w&lc=Ugws-gXbEmejSoUe1AF4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2Ykg8Fq2w&lc=Ugw9A0Helk-3a7DQ0aN4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Gold - Electron Microscope: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atomic_resolution_Au100.JPG ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Cold Open 00:31 Seeing Atoms is Hard 01:10 Atomic Structure 01:52 History of the Atom 02:24 What are Orbitals? 02:57 Schrodinger's Equation 04:00 Spherical Coordinates 04:35 Orbital Shapes 05:45 Orbital Sizes 06:20 Flow of Probability 07:17 Summary 08:04 Outro 08:20 Featured Comments