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Energy level of hydrogen atom -- with the electron replaced by a positron
The energy level of a hydrogen atom is given by (without fine structure consideration)
Eh = -13.6 eV / n^2
Suppose -- if the electron is replaced by a positron, what would happen to this energy level?
The resulting system is not in a bound state since E > 0 (V(infinity) = 0) but a continuum state (or scattering state?), which implies no discrete energy level exist -- am I right?
The energy level of a hydrogen atom is given by (without fine structure consideration)
Eh = -13.6 eV / n^2
Suppose -- if the electron is replaced by a positron, what would happen to this energy level?
The resulting system is not in a bound state since E > 0 (V(infinity) = 0) but a continuum state (or scattering state?), which implies no discrete energy level exist -- am I right?