Atomic Orbitals, Visualized Dynamically

Visuals of quantum orbitals are always so static. What happens when an electron transitions? A current must flow to conserve the probability. What does that look like?! Nick Lucid - Creator/Host/Writer/Editor/Animator ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS What is a Quantum Wave Function? ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Kurzgesagt on Matter: Stated Clearly on Atoms: ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): Merchandise: ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O’Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Fabio Manzini, William Morton, Rajyavardhan Reddy Einsteinium Crazies: Eoin O’Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Ken Davis, LT Marshall, Wacky Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, CrouchingTigerHiddenAdam, Eugene Boone, Jon Adams, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Rick Dinning, Stephen Blinn, Vittorio Monaco ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES : Field Play Animation: ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Gold - Electron Microscope: : ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Cold Open 00:31 Seeing Atoms is Hard 01:10 Atomic Structure 01:52 History of the Atom 02:24 What are Orbitals? 02:57 Schrodinger’s Equation 04:00 Spherical Coordinates 04:35 Orbital Shapes 05:45 Orbital Sizes 06:20 Flow of Probability 07:17 Summary 08:04 Outro 08:20 Featured Comments