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Hydrogen ground-state probability beyond the classical turning point (P(r>2a0​)=13e−4)

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The nonrelativistic hydrogen ground energy is −e2/(8πϵ0​a0​). Requiring nonnegative classical kinetic energy restricts radius to r≤2a0​. Integrating the quantum ground-state radial probability density beyond that radius instead gives 13e−4≃0.238. A bound-state tail can therefore have substantial integrated probability outside the classically allowed region without violating energy conservation.

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