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Walther Bothe's Contributions to the Understanding of the Wave-Particle Duality of Light (2009)

Fick, Dieter (Author)
Kant, Horst (Author)

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Volume: 40
Pages: 395--405

Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Part of a special Issue: Proceedings from the HQ2 Conference
Language: English

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Physics Quantum mechanics Light Wave-particle duality Experiments and experimentation 20th century, early Bothe, Walther Geiger, Hans (Johannes) Wilhelm

It is little known that during the birth of quantum mechanics Walther Bothe (1891--1957) published from mid-1923 to the end of 1926, partly together with Hans Geiger (1882--1945), as many as 20 papers, all dealing with light quanta (photons). Around half of the publications (11) are of experimental nature; the rest deal with theoretical problems. This paper presents Walther Bothe's experimental and theoretical contributions to the understanding of the particle-wave duality of light in the mid-1920s, for which the interplay between experimental and theoretical ideas plays an essential role.

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Article Dongen, Jeroen van; Dieks, Dennis; Uffink, Jos; Kox, A. J. (2009) On the History of the Quantum: Introduction to the HQ2 Special Issue. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (p. 277). unapi

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