Rather than constructing an atomic model based on the idea that electrons ... Heisenberg decided to develop an innovative theory of motion, a ‘quantum mechanics’ in which electrons could ...

THE theory of atomic structure has ... to turn to more delicate points, the quantum theory and the wave theory of radiation, like an ill-assorted couple of individually worthy people, have ...

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (commonly referred to AMO Physics) is the study of the interaction between light and matter. Physicists study this interaction on various scales, from the atomic ...

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find ... Bohr turned to Planck's quantum theory to explain the stability of most atoms. He found that the ratio of energy ...

His model of the atom, built upon quantum theory, fundamentally altered the way scientists viewed the atom, providing a coherent explanation for atomic stability, spectral lines, and the ...

In particular this theory would unify the two great bastions of twentieth century physics - the general theory of relativity and quantum theory ... (which acts inside atomic nuclei, and is ...

Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum ... Two quantum field theories lie at the heart of the standard model of particle physics. The product of many decades of theoretical ...

Devised in 1935 by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, this thought experiment was designed to shine a spotlight on the difficulty with interpreting quantum theory. Quantum theory is very ...