Langer, Rudolph M. (1927) The hydrogen atom. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03262004-134242
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A critical examination of dispersion theory indicates that a measurement of the refractive index of atomic hydrogen is important for the theory of matter. Such an experiment is fully described and discussed. The result is that [...]. Incidentally it is found that a partial pressure of half a millimeter of atomic hydrogen can be had in a discharge tube while the discharge is on. Thermal conditions in such tubes are discussed and investigated.
The experimental result is at first sight not in support of the new quantum mechanics which requires [...]. However, by assuming that [...] is connected with volume, in the kinetic theory sense it turns out that the expectation from the theory is effectively [...]. This leads support to the physical reality of the quantity [...] and leads to a prediction of an increase in refractivity at very low pressures for almost any gas. Pictures are given of the normal hydrogen atom and also its excited states and of the configuration under the action of a light waves
|Item Type:||Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))|
|Degree Grantor:||California Institute of Technology|
|Division:||Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy|
|Thesis Availability:||Public (worldwide access)|
|Defense Date:||1 January 1927|
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|Deposited On:||26 Mar 2004|
|Last Modified:||26 Dec 2012 02:35|
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