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let's say we have an electron circling the nucleus (like the bohr's hydrogen atom), i don't understand why the average wrt to time of the moment of the diople is zero?
we have this equation: [tex]\frac{\int_{0}^{T}pdt}{T}[/tex]
well obviously the diople, p, is constant throughout the elctron's motion, and it ahs the value p=eR where e is the electro's charge and R is the radius of motion, so unless I am missing something the average should be eR, so why am i wrong here?
thanks in advance.
we have this equation: [tex]\frac{\int_{0}^{T}pdt}{T}[/tex]
well obviously the diople, p, is constant throughout the elctron's motion, and it ahs the value p=eR where e is the electro's charge and R is the radius of motion, so unless I am missing something the average should be eR, so why am i wrong here?
thanks in advance.