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Charles Galton Darwin’s 1922 Quantum Theory of Optical Dispersion (2020)

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The quantum theory of dispersion was an important conceptual advancement which led out of the crisis of the old quantum theory in the early 1920s and aided in the formulation of matrix mechanics in 1925. The theory of Charles Galton Darwin, often cited only for its reliance on the statistical conservation of energy, was a wave-based attempt to explain dispersion phenomena at a time between the theories of Ladenburg and Kramers. It contributed to future successes in quantum theory, such as the virtual oscillator, while revealing through its own shortcomings the limitations of the wave theory of light in the interaction of light and matter. After its publication, Darwin’s theory was widely discussed amongst his colleagues as the competing interpretation to Compton’s in X-ray scattering experiments. It also had a pronounced influence on John C. Slater, whose ideas formed the basis of the BKS theory.

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Authors & Contributors
Ibáñez, Joana
Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
Rice, Collin C.
Talbot, Chris
Rohwer, Yasha
Veloz, Tomas
Concepts
Quantum theory
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Optics
Science and society
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Modern
Enlightenment
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
Spain
British Isles
Munich (Germany)
Institutions
Munich. Universität
Royal Society of London
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