Thursday, 1 February 2018

quantum mechanics - What keeps electrons in an atom from flying away or falling into the nucleus?


In atoms, what force or charge, etc. keeps electrons from flying away or into their nucleus? is there a kind of weak-force at work on the atomic scale?


Note I am aware the electron positions are only abstract variables and can be referred to as the electron field and the like. This is not the question.


What is the reason an electron is bound to that nucleus to the point it can sustain an "orbit" or variable probability path, and not fly away or into it's nucleus?





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