hydrogenoidissa

Hydrogenoidissa is a term that appears in some discussions to denote hydrogenoid systems—atomic or ionic configurations in which a single bound electron moves in a central Coulomb-like field produced by a nucleus with charge Z. The form is common in Finnish-language texts, where inessive forms such as hydrogenoidissa mean “in a hydrogenoid,” and the concept is used to describe hydrogen-like energy spectra and related phenomena in a general, non-specific sense.

In principle, a hydrogenoidissa describes a hydrogen-like (one-electron) system, including the simplest case of neutral hydrogen and single-electron ions such as He+, Li2+, and so on. For a pure Coulomb potential, the energy levels scale as E_n ≈ -R∞ Z^2 / n^2, and the spectral lines fall into the familiar hydrogenic series. Real systems may display quantum defects and small deviations due to finite nuclear size, core penetration in multi-electron ions, relativistic corrections, and quantum electrodynamics effects such as the Lamb shift. In such cases the Rydberg formula is refined to account for (n − δ_l)^−2, where δ_l is the quantum defect for a given orbital angular momentum l.

Applications and usage: the hydrogenoid model is a foundational tool in atomic physics education and in the interpretation of spectroscopy of highly charged ions. It also appears in science fiction and thought experiments as a simplified stand-in for hydrogen-like matter or exotic atomic configurations.

See also: Hydrogen atom, Hydrogen-like ion, Quantum defect, Rydberg state, Spectroscopy.