The puzzle of half-integral quanta in the application of the adiabatic hypothesis to rotational motion

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.01.002zbMath1337.81008OpenAlexW2279917574MaRDI QIDQ291130

Enric Pérez, Anthony Duncan

Publication date: 6 June 2016

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.2016.01.002

zbMATH Keywords

Bohrrotational motionadiabatic hypothesisEhrenfesthalf-integral quantaold quantum theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) Two-body problems (70F05) Atomic physics (81V45) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Adiabatic invariants for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H11)

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