How can the hydrogen ground state have zero angular momentum if the Bohr radius is nonzero?
In the Bohr model, the electron in the $n=1$ state moves in a circular orbit of radius $a_0$ around the proton. Bohr's angular-momentum quantization condition gives
$L=mvr=\hbar.$
Thus, the Bohr model predicts nonzero orbital angular momentum for the ground state.
However, the quantum-mechanical ground state of hydrogen has zero orbital angular momentum and is spherically symmetric.
This appears paradoxical: if the electron has a characteristic separation $a_0$ from the proton, why does it not have orbital angular momentum?
PS: Why does the Bohr model nevertheless give the correct hydrogen energy levels, despite predicting non-zero $L=\hbar$ for the ground state rather than $L = 0$?
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