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Old 14-June-2008, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by volantis View Post
As was pointed out earlier, a free electron cannot coexist in the nucleus of an atom. Also, electrons in the 1s orbital position cover the entire surface of the atom. Since the electron cannot be inside the nucleus of the atom, the electron cannot inhabit a solid sphere.
So, hyperfine structure is just an illusion?
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