Master of Modern Physics (eBook)

The Scientific Contributions of H. A. Kramers

Dirk ter Haar (Autor)

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2020
296 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21952-3 (ISBN)

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The Dutch scientist Hendrik Kramers (1894-1952) was one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the twentieth century--and one of a mere handful who have made major contributions across the whole field. Physicists know his name from, among other things, the Kramers dispersion theory, the Kramers-Heisenberg dispersion formulae, the Kramers opacity formula, the Kramers degeneracy, and the Kramers-Kronig relations. Yet few people know more than the name, or recognize the full depth and range of his contributions. In this book, D. ter Haar seeks to change that. He presents for the first time anywhere a comprehensive discussion of Kramers's scientific work, and reprints twelve of his most important papers. The author shows us that Kramers's remarkable and diverse work makes him at least the equal of such celebrated physicists as Fermi and Landau. He takes us through Kramers's groundbreaking research in such subjects as quantum theory, quantum electrodynamics, statistical mechanics, and solid-state physics. The papers he reprints include Kramers's derivation of the dispersion formulae that led to Heisenberg's matrix mechanics; his classic paper on the Brownian-motion approach to chemical reactions; a pioneering paper on polymers; and a paper on renormalization, a concept first introduced by Kramers and now one of the basic ideas of modern field theory. This book will change how we view the course of twentieth-century science and will show that Kramers was indeed one of the masters of modern physics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.10.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Zusatzinfo: 22 line illus. F024 6x9
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: Absorption • Adiabatic demagnetisation • Amplitude • antiferromagnetism • Approximation • Atom • Atomic Nucleus • atomic number • atomic theory • Azimuthal quantum number • Birefringence • BKS theory • Bohr magneton • Boltzmann constant • Boltzmann distribution • Brownian motion • Calculation • chemical reactions • Classical electron radius • classical mechanics • coefficient • Compton effect • Compton Scattering • Constructive Quantum Field Theory • Continuous spectrum • Correspondence principle • Creation and annihilation operators • Cross section (physics) • Cryogenics • Curie temperature • Degrees of freedom (mechanics) • Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) • dielectric permittivity • Diffusion Equation • Dirac equation • Eigenfunction • Einstein coefficients • Electric dipole moment • Electric Field • Electron magnetic moment • Elementary charge • energy conservation • energy level • Equations of motion • Escape probability • Fermi–Dirac statistics • ferromagnetism • Fokker–Planck equation • Fokker-Planck Equation • Gibbs-Helmholtz equation • Gyromagnetic ratio • hamiltonian mechanics • Harmonic oscillator • Heisenberg model (quantum) • Hole theory • hydrogen atom • hydrogen-like atom • Induced dipole moment • Interpretations of quantum mechanics • Ising Model • Kramers degeneracy • light quanta • Lorentz transformation • Magnetic field • Magnetic quantum number • magnetic susceptibility • Magnetisation • magnetization • Majorana fermion • Matrix Mechanics • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Maxwell distribution • Modern Physics • Molecule • Multiply periodic systems • old quantum theory • Order and disorder (physics) • Oscillator strength • Paramagnetic rotation • Particle physics • Partition function (statistical mechanics) • Pauli matrices • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase space • Photon • physical cosmology • physicist • Physics • Planck constant • Poisson Brackets • Polarisation • Polarization (waves) • Polymer Physics • positron • Principal quantum number • Probability • Quantisation rules • Quantity • Quantization (physics) • quantum electrodynamics • quantum field theory • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • Ray (optics) • Refractive index • relativistic mechanics • Relativistic wave equations • renormalization • scattering • Schrödinger equation • solid-state physics • Special relativity • Spin (physics) • Spontaneous radiation • Stationary state • Statistical Mechanics • Statistical Physics • Supersymmetry • Temperature • theoretical physics • theory • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • Transition state method • Vibration • viscosity • wave equation • Werner Heisenberg • X-Ray
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21952-4 / 0691219524
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21952-3 / 9780691219523