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Circular Coulomb bound state

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A no-radial-node Coulomb eigenstate has principal quantum number n=l+1 and radial factor
R(r)∝rle−r/[a(l+1)].
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Its energy is −e2/[8πϵ0​a(l+1)2].
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Circular Coulomb bound state
For R(r)∝rle−r/[a(l+1)], the radial probability density is proportional to r2l+2e−2r/[a(l+1)] and
⟨r⟩=2(2l+3)(l+1)​a.
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