Quantum concepts in physics. An alternative approach to the understanding of quantum mechanics

DOI10.1017/CBO9781139062060.006zbMATH Open1286.81004OpenAlexW2505358326MaRDI QIDQ3145013FDOQ3145013

Authors: Malcolm Longair 

Publication date: 13 December 2012

Published in: Quantum Concepts in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139062060.006

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zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equationskinetic theorymatrix mechanicsspinwave-particle dualityWKB methodquantum physicsquantum numbersHeisenberg picturewave mechanicsmagnetic momentFermi-Dirac statisticblack-body radiationincrease of entropyanomalous Zeeman effectMichelson-Morley experimentquantum of actionBohr's correspondence principleSchrödinger equationBohr-Kramers-Slater theory of atomsBoltzmann's statistical mechanicsBorn-Heisenberg-Jordan approach to quantum physicsCopenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanicsDe Broglie wavelengthFranck-Hertz experimentMoseley's X-ray experimentsnormal Zeeman effectoperator formalism of quantum physicsperturbation theory of quantum physicsphotoeffectSolvay ConferenceStark effettable of chemical elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) History of quantum theory (81-03) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01)

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