ABSTRACT
The hydrogen atom is the gateway atom for the development of the quantum mechanics of all atoms, and hence all molecules, and hence all nanostructures. A more conservative analysis of the hydrogen atom just identifies the approximations that caused the classical analysis to go badly, and removes those approximations. The basic approach to the hydrogen atom that can be characterized as follows: take account of all processes that can be identified, and look for a natural balance between them. There exist other research areas awaiting further application of this approach. Hydrogen atoms, and all other atoms as well, are presently envisioned as having infinitely many ‘excited states’ that are described via the multiple solutions of Schrodinger’s differential equation for the atom. These excited states are presently understood as conditions that an individual atom possesses. The ionization potential of helium is very high–the highest among all elements. It invites the interpretation that electrons very much like to form a pair.
