Old (old fashioned!) Quantum Mechanics is understood as the quantum theory before its final formulation around 1927-1931…It includes the Bohr model, the Wilson-Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization and some other tricks like the one to take into account the finite nuclear size. For … Continue reading
Dedicated to Niels Bohr and his atomic model (1913-2013) 2nd part: Electron shells, Quantum Mechanics and The Periodic Table Niels Bohr (1923) was the first to propose that the periodicity in the properties of the chemical elements might be explained … Continue reading
Dedicated to Niels Bohr and his atomic model (1913-2013) 1st part: A centenary model This is a blog entry devoted to the memory of a great scientist, N. Bohr, one of the greatest master minds during the 20th century, one … Continue reading