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Selected Scientific Papers of Alfred Landé

Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 22)

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Table of contents (86 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Über ein Paradoxon der Optik.

    • A. Landé
    Pages 16-19
  3. Kristallgitter und Bohrsches Atommodell

    • M. Born, A. Landé
    Pages 65-72
  4. Zuschriften an die Herausgeber

    • M. Born, A. Landé
    Pages 79-79
  5. Elektronenbahnen im Polyederverband.

    • A. Landé
    Pages 80-85
  6. Das Serienspektrum des Heliums

    • A. Landé
    Pages 100-106
  7. Über die Größe der Atome

    • A. Landé
    Pages 107-113
  8. Über ein dynamisches Würfelatommodell

    • E. Madelung, A. Landé
    Pages 114-119
  9. Über Würfelatome

    • A. Landé
    Pages 120-122
  10. Störungstheorie des Heliumatoms

    • A. Landé
    Pages 123-130

About this book

Theoretical physicists allover the world are acquainted with Lande's celebrated computation of the g factor or splitting factor or, more precisely, the magne­ togyric factor. The so-called anomalous Zeeman effect had intrigued, if not vexed, some of the most distinguished physicists of that time, such as Bohr, Sommerfeld, Pauli, and others. Lande realized that this recalcitrant effect was inseparable from the multiplet line structure - a breakthrough in understanding which he achieved in 1922 at the age of thirty four. It was in the same year that Lande discovered the interval rule for the separation of multiplet sublevels, a significant result that holds in all cases of Russell-Saunders coupling and renders comparatively easy the empirical analysis of spectral multiplets. In the twenties, Lande succeeded in constructing some original concepts of axiomatic thermodynamics by employing Caratheodory's somewhat esoteric approach as his guiding concept. Published in the Handbuch der Physik, his comprehensive treatise, evincing several novel ideas, has become a classic. Lande, Sommerfeld's student though never a true disciple, published two monographs on quantum mechanics that are remarkable for their content and exposition. In this connection it may be apposite to stress that Lande had sub­ scribed for many years to the (infelicitously named) Copenhagen interpretation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    A. O. Barut

  • Department of Physics, University of Denver, USA

    A. Merwe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Selected Scientific Papers of Alfred Landé

  • Editors: A. O. Barut, A. Merwe

  • Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3981-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2594-3Published: 30 November 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8266-2Published: 04 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3981-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-1222

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 557

  • Topics: Quantum Physics

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