Asking because upon review of my notes for the derivation of the hydrogen atomβs spectrum, it looks as though the considerations taken along the way to derive the spectrum (of hydrogen), namely the reasonings stemming from expressing the radial functions in terms of power series, are ultimately what fixed this upper limit of L to what I see it generally referenced as, n-1.
If this result is general, can someone explain why, atleast qualitatively? Thanks in advance.
Seeing the varying kinetic elements of buildings (with attention to things like pendulums) I got curious if reaction wheels have ever been used on land based structures.
Does anyone know of any applications?
Are rotating body type physics ever applied to building design?
Angular momentum is conserved, so there must be some quantity of angular momentum for the entire universe that never changes. What is the significance of this, if any?
Would the opinion change if we consider everything, not only the part of the universe visible to us?
I really want this project to succeed, but I can't help but ask the question: wouldn't the projectile have a huge amount of angular momentum when it leaves the centrifuge? It's basic conservation of angular momentum. Every centrifuge diameter X2 distance it travels when exiting the centrifuge, it will make a full 360 degree revolution. It would tumble uncontrollably. The only solution I can think of is to have the projectile spinning on its own axis within the centrifuge, so it's always pointing up. But, I dunno how practical this is.
Please tell me you guys have some sort of solution. I want this project to do well. I'm a firm believer that space travel in its current form is archaic and wasteful. There's gotta be a better way to get things to space.
So this is not important, but our professor made mention of this in one of his lecture videos, and I can't find an answer anywhere and it's occupying space in my mind for free and I just want to know.
Why is L used to denote the quantitiy for angular momentum? I couldn't find a definitive answer and my best guess was that the vector components of L would be at a right angle, or because using the right hand rule it would also be perpendicular, but he said that it was wrong and it has to do with someone who is french and I am stumped.
Why the F*$# do we use L for angular momentum?
