Poetry of Physics and the Physics of Poetry

172 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry emitted by a radioactive nucleus whose frequency corresponds to the gamma ra ...

The Quantization of Energy 173 There are three aspects of this photoelectric effect, however, which cannot be understood in term ...

174 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry prisoner in the metal. If one increases the frequency, f, such that hf is gr ...

The Quantization of Energy 175 by R.A. Millikan (the man who measured the absolute charge of an electron using oil drops). He ve ...

176 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry like waves. He suggested that on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, physicist ...

177 Chapter 19 Bohr’s Atom In 1911 a young man, named Niels Bohr, journeyed from his native Denmark to England to study physics. ...

178 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry frequencies emitted by an atom, then the same atom is very likely to emit th ...

Bohr’s Atom 179 the periodic motion and the frequency of the subsequent electromagnetic radiation are identical. Finally, in cla ...

180 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry 172 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry model actually occur exp ...

Bohr’s Atom 181 Bohr also noticed that as n increases, the frequency of the photon associated with the transition from the level ...

182 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry The transfer of energy from the electron can take place either by exciting t ...

Bohr’s Atom 183 de Broglie, the theoretician, whose work will be discussed in the following chapter). M. de Broglie bombarded th ...

184 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry determines its angular momentum or the eccentricity of its elliptical orbit, ...

Bohr’s Atom 185 The chemical properties of an atom are determined by the behaviour of its electrons, principally the outer elect ...

186 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry The fourth entry in the periodic table is beryllium consisting of a closed n ...

Bohr’s Atom 187 The next entry in the periodic table does not continue to fill the n = 3 shell by populating the l = 2 states as ...

188 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry completing a closed shell the six n = 6, l = 1 states. Period 7 begins to re ...

189 Chapter 20 Wave Mechanics If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet. – Niels Bohr In ...

190 The Poetry of Physics and The Physics of Poetry the photon p = E/c = hf/c = h/λ where we used the definition λ = cT = c/f wh ...

Wave Mechanics 191 reinforce itself. In the same manner, the trough or minimum of the wave would also match after orbiting the c ...