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Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy

Alan Corney

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780199211456

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211456.001.0001

Introduction

Chapter:
(p. 1 ) 1 Introduction
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Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy
Author(s):

Alan Corney

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211456.003.0001

This chapter gives a brief historical introduction to the development of the understanding of light and atoms since the end of the 19th century. Planck's law and Bohr's theory of the hydrogen atom are introduced. The development of quantum mechanics and the interaction of atoms and radiation is outlined.

Keywords:   Plank's Law, Bohr Theory, quantum mechanics, atoms and radiation interaction

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