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REFRACTION
Author(s) -
K ARMSTRONG
Publication year - 1935
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1935.tb91591.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , refraction , information retrieval , world wide web , physics , optics
Refraction is treated classically, which is not physically realistic. Unlike optical reflection that is well understood refraction, is a more difficult problem exposing a major missing piece of quantum mechanics. Refraction normally is treated either classically or as a non-relativistic perturbation response. Recently it became apparent where this property finds its quantum origin in a full relativistic quantum description. draft 1 August 2019