Damn! We're in the ghetto side of the galaxy

[N35t0r]

I don't place electrons mainly to avoid having to measure that.

[KrazyHorse]

Hmm.. when I said 2P I was referring to 2P0, which is usually drawn along an (arbitrary, I know) z axis.

And the point is that arbitrariness. That's a function of the measurement you did to place the electron into its eigenstate

[DaShi]

They decayed eons ago.

[N35t0r]

Where are the electron and proton stars, anyway?

[DaShi]

Only neutron stars.

[N35t0r]

Yeah, you can't do that with planets!

What about stars?

[N35t0r]

Why do you think that the distribution function is coordinate dependent? You can place an electron in whatever eigenstate of orbital angular momentum you'd like in whatever parametrization is most convenient

Hmm.. when I said 2P I was referring to 2P0, which is usually drawn along an (arbitrary, I know) z axis.

[Aeson]

I read about that in "Horton Hears a Who"...

[DaShi]

Yeah, you can't do that with planets!

[KrazyHorse]

Why do you think that the distribution function is coordinate dependent? You can place an electron in whatever eigenstate of orbital angular momentum you'd like in whatever parametrization is most convenient

[N35t0r]

Of course, I'm assuming the galaxy's XY plane is the one on which the spiral is located (And that the galaxy has orbitals, which is a bit more far fetched).

[Maniac]

I was about to say the same thing.

[KrazyHorse]

dont the 2nd shell of electrons spin in that shape above the first shell? my A2 chemistry escapes me right now so i cant find the correct search term

edit: i see my post was inspired my n35t0rs

More generally, it's the shape associated with a number of the azimuthally symmetric spherical harmonics, which are themselves the angular solutions to Laplace's equation. Any central force problem in electrodynamics or classical gravitation has solutions of that form.

[Elok]

"Another option is a gigantic belch from the black hole known to reside, like Jabba the Hutt, at the center of the Milky Way."

I contest the validity of this comparison. While it's been a long time since I watched return of the Jedi, I recall Jabba the Hutt living in a palace on a desert planet in A Galaxy Far Far Away--NOT the center of the Milky Way.

[Snotty]

dont the 2nd shell of electrons spin in that shape above the first shell? my A2 chemistry escapes me right now so i cant find the correct search term

edit: i see my post was inspired my n35t0rs