Keywords: Helium atom QM.png Helium atom QM svg A semi-accurate depiction of the helium atom The darkness of the electron cloud corresponds to the line-of-sight integral over the probability function of the 1s electron orbital The magnified nucleus is schematic showing protons in pink and neutrons in purple In reality the nucleus is also spherically symmetric http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Image Helium_atom_QM png 2006-09-21 en User FrankH I the creator of this work hereby release it into the public domain This applies worldwide In case this is not legally possible I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose without any conditions unless such conditions are required by law Xerxes314 History Delete all revisions of this file cur 09 31 21 September 2006 FrankH Talk contribs block 625×625 47 274 bytes Second try - previous attempt did not seem to actually get uploaded Same comment as previous edit del rev 09 10 21 September 2006 FrankH Talk contribs block 625×625 47 274 bytes I made some edits to the excellent image from Xerxes314 - I shadowed the black lines with white lines so they would not get lost in the black electron cloud and I added text to quickly remind users of the tremendous change in scale for the nucleus inset i del rev 00 31 12 May 2006 Xerxes314 Talk contribs block 625×625 45 147 bytes del rev 00 25 12 May 2006 Xerxes314 Talk contribs block 625×625 45 181 bytes del rev 20 59 11 May 2006 Bensaccount Talk contribs block 400×400 33 507 bytes Reverted to earlier revision del rev 20 59 11 May 2006 Bensaccount Talk contribs block 400×400 38 065 bytes Reverted to earlier revision del rev 21 49 10 February 2006 Xerxes314 Talk contribs block 400×400 40 110 bytes del rev 21 27 10 February 2006 Xerxes314 Talk contribs block 400×400 38 065 bytes del rev 23 09 7 February 2006 Xerxes314 Talk contribs block 400×400 33 507 bytes A semi-accurate depiction of the helium atom The darkness of the electron cloud corresponds to the line-of-sight integral over the probability function of the 1s electron orbital The magnified nucleus is schematic Atoms |