Open AccessOn the quantum theory of the simple Zeeman effect
Author(s) -
A. M. Mosharrafa
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1923.0011
Subject(s) - zeeman effect , bohr model , simple (philosophy) , quantum mechanics , physics , atom (system on chip) , quantum , stark effect , theoretical physics , atomic physics , magnetic field , electric field , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , embedded system
The aim of this paper is to put forward a theory of the simple Zeeman effect which possesses the same general features as those of the corresponding theory in the case of the Stark effect already developed by Epstein and Schwarzschild. These general features may be briefly described as follows:— (1) The steady states of the atom are governed by classical dynamics subject to certain conditions, the quantum restrictions, which define the atomboth in the absence and the 'presence of the field ; (2) radiation occurs during the period of transition from one steady state to another according to Bohr’s energy relationhv = Wm -Wn .