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In an attempt to develop certain outlines of a theory of line-spectra based on a suitable application of the fundamental ideas introduced by Planck in his theory of temperature-radiation to the theory of the nucleus atom of Sir Ernest Rutherford, the writer has shown that it is possible in this way to obtain a simple interpretation of some of the main laws governing the line-spectra of the elements, and especially to obtain a deduction of the well known Balmer formula for the hydrogen spectrum. The theory in the form given allowed of a detailed discussion only in the case of periodic systems, and obviously was not able to account in detail for the characteristic difference between the hydrogen spectrum and the spectra of other elements, or for the characteristic effects on the hydrogen spectrum of external electric and magnetic fields. Recently, however, a way out of this difficulty has been opened by Sommerfeld who, by introducing a suitable generalization of the theory to a simple type of non-periodic motions and by taking the small variation of the mass of the electron with its velocity into account, obtained an explanation of the fine-structure of the hydrogen lines which was found to be in brilliant conformity with the measurements. Already in his first paper on this subject, Sommerfeld pointed out that his theory evidently offered a clue to the interpretation of the more intricate structure of the spectra of other elements. Briefly afterwards Epstein and Schwarzschild, independent of each other, by adapting Sommerfeld's ideas to the treatment of a more extended class of non-periodic systems obtained a detailed explanation of the characteristic effect of an electric field on the hydrogen spectrum discovered by Stark.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1330250214
- ISBN 13 9781330250211
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages44
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