Quantization and Stable Attractors in a DissipativeOrbital Motion

Daniel L. Nascimento, Antonio L. A. Fonseca

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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2011.24030                

Abstract

We present a method for determining the motion of an electron in a hydrogen atom, which starts from a field Lagrangean foundation for non-conservative systems that can exhibit chaotic behavior. As a consequence, the problem of the formation of the atom becomes the problem of finding the possible stable orbital attractors and the associated transition paths through which the electron mechanical energy varies continuously until a stable energy state is reached.

Keywords

Stable Attractors, Non-Linear Dynamics, Non-Conservative Orbital Systems, Lagrangean Systems, Electron Capture in Hydrogen Atom

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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