English: Electron wavefunctions for the 1s orbital of the hydrogen atom (left and right) and the corresponding bonding (bottom) and antibonding (top) orbitals of the dihydrogen molecule. The real part of the wavefunction is the blue curve, the imaginary part is the red curve. The red dots mark the locations of the protons. The electron wavefunction oscillates according to the Schrödinger equation, and the orbitals are standing waves. The standing wave frequency is proportional to the energy of the orbital. Hydrogen is really a 3D system, but this is a 1D slice. These are schematic plots: I did not bother to solve the Schrödinger equation quantitatively. The plots are arranged like a molecular orbital diagram.
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