Closed Surface Series #3: Quantum Numbers as Surface Modes
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper reinterprets the quantum numbers n, ℓ, and m as modal characteristics of closed surface geometries rather than as descriptors of probabilistic orbitals around a nucleus. In the closed surface model, the electron is not a point particle but a resonant surface whose stable standing modes correspond to quantized energy levels and angular configurations. The principal quantum number n denotes radial surface layering, the azimuthal number ℓ indicates angular mode patterns, and the magnetic number m represents symmetry orientation. This unified geometric perspective offers a continuous, topological foundation for quantum state discreteness and structure.
Author: Konno, Tetsuo
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6930921615
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