The Bohr atom : a guide / Bruce Cameron Reed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Bruce Cameron, author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.

IOP ebooks. [2020 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.

Bohr, Niels.

Atoms.

Atomic theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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text file

Biography/History:

Bruce Cameron Reed is the Charles A Dana Professor of Physics Emeritus at Alma College, Michigan. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of Waterloo in Canada. He has published books on the Manhattan Project, quantum mechanics, and Keplerian ellipses. In 2009, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for his contributions to the history of both the physics and the development of nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project.

Summary:

All students of physics encounter the Bohr model of the atom. However, it is often covered quickly in order that curricula can progress to wave mechanics. This book gives students and instructors a fuller exploration to Bohr's model. Topics covered include the historical background to the model, Bohr's approach to his original derivation, and corollary issues such as the role of angular momentum in the theory, ionized helium, the correspondence principle, the fine-structure constant, de Broglie matter-waves, application of the theory to the diatomic hydrogen molecule, and the magnetic field created by the orbiting electron. It also includes student exercises, a bibliography, a list of important physical constants, and a survey of Bohr's subsequent life and career.

Contents:

1. Preliminaries

1.1. On the sizes of atoms

1.2. Spectroscopy, the quantum concept, and the Balmer formula

1.3. Circular orbit forces and energetics

1.4. The radiative collapse problem

2. The Bohr model I : hydrogenic atoms

2.1. Niels Bohr : early life and paper I of the trilogy

2.2. The Bohr model : orbital radii and energy levels

2.3. The Bohr model : transitions and spectral series

2.4. Ionized helium

2.5. The Rydberg-Ritz combination principle

2.6. Angular momentum

2.7. Unpacking paper I : the correspondence principle

2.8. Initial reactions to the theory

3. The Bohr model II : corollaries

3.1. Orbit and energy-level diagrams

3.2. The fine-structure constant

3.3. X-rays

3.4. Overlapping and non-overlapping spectral series

3.5. Whither gravity?

3.6. The de Broglie matter-wave approach

3.7. An angular momentum/energy minimization approach

3.8. Papers II, III, and beyond : the periodic table, relativity, and quantum mechanics

3.9. Bohr's treatment of the H2 molecule

4. Miscellaneous topics

4.1. Isotope effects : deuterium

4.2. Magnetic field of the orbiting electron

4.3. Ionization potentials of two-electron atoms

4.4. Anti-hydrogen

4.5. Atomic recoil

5. The 1930s, World War II, fission, the bomb, and politics.

Notes:

"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 4, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780750336116

9780750336109

OCLC:

1225536520

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Restricted for use by site license.