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An electron in a hydrogen atom isn't moving. Yet in higher orbitals, it carries angular momentum in whole-number jumps of ℏ. So where does that angular momentum actually come from? The answer lies not in the electron's motion, but in the phase winding of its wavefunction — the geometry of the wave wrapped around the nucleus. Full video on quantization of angular momentum: https://youtu.be/KEQKp_qU0EI #physics #quantummechanics #shorts