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Part I: Physical Chemistry. Part II: Solid State Physics

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Arthur S. Wightman

    1. Department of Physics, Princeton University Joseph Henry Laboratories, Jadwin Hall, Princeton, USA

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Part of the book series: The Collected Works (WIGNER, volume A / 4)

Part of the book sub series: The Scientific Papers (2875)

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Physical Chemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Wigner on Physical Chemistry

      • Nandor Balazs
      Pages 3-20

    3. Über elektrische Erscheinungen bei Stäbchensolen

      • A. Szegvari, E. P. Wigner
      Pages 21-25

    4. Die Gitterstruktur des rhombischen Schwefels

      • H. Mark, E. P. Wigner
      Pages 26-42

    5. Bildung und Zerfall von Molekülen

      • M. Polanyi, E. P. Wigner
      Pages 43-48

    6. Über die Interferenz von Eigenschwingungen als Ursache von Energieschwankungen und chemischer Umsetzungen

      • M. Polanyi, E. P. Wigner
      Pages 49-62

    7. The Statistics of Composite Systems According to the New Quantum Mechanics / Statistik zusammengesetzter Systeme nach der neueren Quanten-Mechanik

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 63-68

    8. Über die Geschwindigkeitskonstante von Austauschreaktionen

      • H. Pelzer, E. P. Wigner
      Pages 69-95

    9. Über das Überschreiten von Potentialschwellen bei chemischen Reaktionen

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 96-109

    10. On the Quantum Correction for Thermodynamic Equilibrium

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 110-120

    11. Contributions to the Theory of the Neutron* / Beiträge zur Theorie des Neutrons

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 121-124

    12. Über die paramagnetische Umwandlung von Para-Orthowasserstoff. III

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 126-130

    13. On a Modification of the Rayleigh-Schrödinger Perturbation Theory

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 131-136

    14. Calculation of the Rate of Elementary Reactions of Light and Heavy Hydrogen

      • L. Farkas, E. P. Wigner
      Pages 137-152

    15. On the Rate of Chemical Reactions

      • E. P. Wigner, H. Eyring
      Pages 153-156

    16. Calculation of the Rate of Elementary Association Reactions

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 157-162

    17. The Transition State Method

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 163-175

    18. Some Quantum-Mechanical Considerations in the Theory of Reactions Involving an Activation Energy

      • J. O. Hirschfelder, E. P. Wigner
      Pages 176-188

    19. Some Remarks on the Theory of Reaction Rates

      • E. P. Wigner
      Pages 189-195
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About this book

The fourth volume of the Collected Works is devoted to Wigner's contribution to physical chemistry, statistical mechanics and solid-state physics. In his annotation to the first part, N. Balazs clearly points out Wigner's role in early quantum chemistry and applied statistical mechanics. One corner stone was his introducing of what is now called the Wigner function, and his paper on adiabatic perturbations foreshadowed later work on Berry phases. Although few in number, Wigner's articles on solid-state physics laid the ground for the modern theory of the electronic structure of metals. W. Kohn writes about this in his annotation to Part 2 of the book and he also points out Wigner's great influence in the development of solid-state theory.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Princeton University Joseph Henry Laboratories, Jadwin Hall, Princeton, USA

    Arthur S. Wightman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Part I: Physical Chemistry. Part II: Solid State Physics

  • Editors: Arthur S. Wightman

  • Series Title: The Collected Works

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59033-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-56985-5Published: 20 February 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-63824-4Published: 14 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59033-7Published: 11 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 456

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Physical Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Mathematical Methods in Physics

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