Hydrogen Molecular Ion and Molecule in Classical Electrodynamics with Classical Zero-Point Radiation

Abstract:The hydrogen molecular ion and the hydrogen molecule are treated in an approximate calculation based on classical electrodynamics which includes classical zero-point radiation. It is found within the classical theory that a molecular ion is less-well bound than a hydrogen atom plus a distant proton. The smaller binding energy is explained due to the repulsive nature of the force between the proton and the atom when considering the most natural resonant orbit of the electron. The approximate classical electromagnetic calculation gives a binding energy of $2.1eV$ and a proton separation of $0.916A^{o}$ for the hydrogen molecular ion. The hydrogen molecule is formed by adding a single additional electron to the ion. The electrostatic attraction of the electron to the ion gives a binding energy of $4.6eV$ and a inter-proton separation of $0.6A^{o}$ for the hydrogen molecule in this classical electromagnetic approximation.

Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

arXiv:2608.22535 [physics.class-ph]

(or arXiv:2608.22535v1 [physics.class-ph] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.22535 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)

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