Abstract

AbstractThe electronic configuration and the explanation of the emission lines of atoms in a magnetic field, observed by Zeeman, were the major topics of the emerging quantum physics and of controversy around 1920. Despite the success to explain the Balmer and Rydberg series and the efforts by physicists of the stature of Arnold Sommerfeld to formalize the Bohr model, the old semi-classical quantum theory was unable to explain the emission lines of atoms in magnetic fields as well as other atomic problems.KeywordsPauli EquationRydberg SeriesBohr ModelSpin-field InteractionStern-Gerlach ExperimentThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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