Three foundational phenomena of quantum mechanics are unied under two complementary concepts derived from the brane-bulk framework. (1) Electron orbital shapes arise from eigenvalue interference: the self-interference of the spin waveform as the electron wraps around a nucleus, generating the characteristic nodal patterns of s, p, d, f orbitals as standing waves of the angular harmonic modes (Paper VIII). (2) Compton scattering is mode transfer: a photon (radial wave mode, Paper VI) collides with an electron (angular wave mode, Paper VIII), transferring momentum between modes. The Compton wavelength λC = ℏ/mₑ c is the spatial period of the electron spin-1/2 oscillation the length over which one full spin cycle occurs. (3) The photoelectric eect is threshold resonance: a photon must have energy E = hν ≥ϕ (work function) to excite the electron from its standing wave eigenstate into a free propagating mode. Part of the One-Octonion Brane-Bulk Framework series. Anchor DOI: 10. 5281/zenodo. 19120873. Community: one-octonion-brane-bulk. Author: Bharathi Dasan Jagadeesan, M. D. , University of Minnesota. ORCID: 0000-0002-1143-941X.
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