Asif Zaidi

Title : Hydrogen molecule: Estimation of ground and excited electronic states

Abstract:

Considering electron Compton wavelength associated with the mass of an electron as a basic unit of length for atomic and molecular systems one can estimate electronic energy levels of atomic and molecular systems by simple consideration of the atomic or molecular bound state as a standing wave. This investigation is about the calculation of both ground and excited electronic energy levels of hydrogen molecules accurately without complex quantum mechanical calculations based on the particle model. Predicted molecular electronic energy levels are obtained by a simple multiple of atomic ground state number of Compton waves. As hydrogen is now part of environmentally safe fuel research, simple and accurate investigation of its ground and excited states is useful.  This paper establishes molecular energy level calculations using well-known corresponding atomic parameters. 

Audience Take Away Notes:

• Compton wavelength of an electron is a natural unit of length for the scale of atomic and molecula systems
• Bohr-like molecular electronic energy levels can be calculated for hydrogen molecule in a close form
•  The fine structure constant emerges naturally as a ratio of electron Compton wavelength and de
  Broglie wavelength of an electron in the same orbit

Biography:

Dr. Asif Zaidi studied Laser Science at the Physics department of the University of Waterloo in Canada. He completed his Ph.D. in 2010. His Doctoral research involved studying Laser-Matter interactions of carbon-based materials and resulting polyyne formation. He published a chemical reaction mechanism in the laser field for polyyne formation in 2019 as a conclusion of experimental studies. He also worked on laser Ablation of solid materials as a post-doctoral researcher. He taught Physics after his post-doctoral study while keeping research contact with his Laser Laboratory at the University of Waterloo as an Adjunct Faculty. His present work is theoretical about the electronic energy estimation of hydrogen and hydrogen-like molecules. This is an effort to simplify difficult quantum mechanical molecular calculations using a particle wave approach. Using Compton electron wavelength, he published his ground state calculations for the first group of elements. This topic was published in the Journal of Material Science and Engineering in 2023. Dr. Zaidi is a distinguished professional and academic associated with the University of Waterloo, based in Canada. With a profound commitment to excellence in both research and education.