The Bohr Atom: A guide - Softcover

Reed, Bruce Cameron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750336129 ISBN 13: 9780750336123

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

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.

Key Features

• Provides a full historical background to Bohr's model, a detailed derivation, and corollary calculations associated with the model
• Serves as a supplementary text to undergraduate physics courses
• Contains exercises, and a list of important physical constants
  
  

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750336129
• ISBN 13: 9780750336123
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104