James franck, the ionization potential of helium, and the experimental discovery of metastable states

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2017.01.002zbMath1375.81021OpenAlexW2593436526MaRDI QIDQ1682025

Clayton A. Gearhart

Publication date: 28 November 2017

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.01.002

zbMATH Keywords

DaviesBohrexcitationionizationselection rulesheliumSommerfeldelectron collisionHertzFranckHortonKnippingLandéReicheRubinowicz

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of quantum theory (81-03) Atomic physics (81V45) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Physics (00A79)

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