What is the frequency of proton oscillation?

[Devin]

How do protons oscillate? Do they move back and forth with a constant velocity, or sort of like a mass on a spring? If so, what is the frequency of oscillation? Thanks

 

[e.bar.goum]

How do protons oscillate? Do they move back and forth with a constant velocity, or sort of like a mass on a spring? If so, what is the frequency of oscillation? Thanks

What makes you think that protons oscillate in general? I can set up a system where I can make a proton oscillate in space, but in that case, I could give it any frequency I wanted.

 

[snorkack]

Constant velocity is characteristic of flat-bottomed, square well. Big nuclei approach it, small ones do not.

 

[mfb]

The question makes some unclear assumption about protons which is probably not true.

Constant velocity is characteristic of flat-bottomed, square well. Big nuclei approach it, small ones do not.

Even in large nuclei, the protons inside form a standing wave, so they don't oscillate.

 

[Devin]

I know so little about the tiny world that provides us our laws. I am under the assumption that particles oscillate in general. I just want to know how. Not why. The why is easy.

 

[mfb]

They can oscillate, but in general they do not.

 

[HomogenousCow]

I know so little about the tiny world that provides us our laws. I am under the assumption that particles oscillate in general. I just want to know how. Not why. The why is easy.

Protons are just like everything else, under some conditions they can oscillate, under others they will behave in other ways.

 

[snorkack]

They can oscillate, but in general they do not.

Can it be said that wave functions which undergo some sort of periodic change tend to emit something?

 

[mfb]

That depends on the periodic change and its cause.

 

[snorkack]

What kinds of wave functions have modulus changing?
Changing the argument of wave function while leaving the modulus constant should leave the probability density constant.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I am under the assumption that particles oscillate in general.

It's your assumption. How can we explain it?

 

[ZapperZ]

I know so little about the tiny world that provides us our laws. I am under the assumption that particles oscillate in general. I just want to know how. Not why. The why is easy.

Protons don't oscillate on its own.

Unless you are able to show us where you got such an idea, there is no way for us to answer a question that started off with a false premise. It is like you are asking us to explain why unicorns are purple.

Zz.