ON THE LIMITING RADIAL-DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION FOR HYDROGENIC ORBITALS

An exact reduced limiting expression for the generalized radial distri bution function D-n(r) is derived and compared with quantum distributi ons for various degrees of excitation. It represents the quantum resul t at large quantum numbers significantly better than a prior empirical representation of the universal reduced distribution and gives a some what larger electronic partition function for the hydrogen atom than t hat based on the previous distribution.