The Reflection of Electrons from Crystals
Author(s) -
Carl Eckart
Publication year - 1927
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.13.6.460
Subject(s) - physics , symmetry (geometry) , interpretation (philosophy) , electron , reflection (computer programming) , quantum mechanics , quantum , theoretical physics , reflection symmetry , classical mechanics , mathematics , geometry , computer science , programming language
The recent experiments of Davisson and Germer(1) on the reflection of electrons from a crystal of nickel have shown a strong analogy between this phenomenon and the reflection of X-rays from the same crystal; the analogy is not complete, however, and the essential differences may be summarized in the following two hypotheses.
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