Does Natural Hydrogen Exist in a Stable Ground State?

[cornfall]

Does hydrogen in its ground state occur naturally, ideally, experimentally? Is it stable? Is this like asking, "Does a center of mass occur naturally, ideally, experimentally? Is it stable?"

 

[malawi_glenn]

Center of mass with respect to what?

What hydrogen are you referring to? H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4, H-5 etc?
or Hydrogen ATOM?

 

[Dr Transport]

What hydrogen are you referring to? He-2, He-3, He-4, He-5 etc?

Hydrogen not helium?

 

[malawi_glenn]

hehe was just reading about Helium "burning" (triple alpha), so therefor my missprint;)

Have edited now

 

[cornfall]

Center of mass for two particle's equal and opposite 4 momenta or for the separation of a system's internal motion from its external motion.

The not allowed hydrogen atom.

 

[malawi_glenn]

What is a not allowed hydrogen atom?

You have the Boltzmann distribution that hydrogen can be in its excited state for some certainty. Yes stable Hydrogen in ground state exists.

What that has to do with your question about center of mass, I have no Idea.

Center of mass is a description, so it is not an entity. It is like asking if length exists.

 

[belliott4488]

The transition energies from the Hydrogen ground state to the various excited states have been very well measured. That couldn't easily be done if the ground state were not physically realizable.