FOREWORD BY ARTHUR H. COMPTON
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY
Theory and Experiment
The Fundamental Concepts of Quantum Theory
a) Wilson Photographs
b) Diffraction of Matter Waves (Davisson and Germer, Thomson, Rupp)
c) The Diffraction of X-Rays
d) The Compton-Simon Experiment
e) The Collision Experiments of Franck and Hertz
CRITIQUE OF THE PHYSICAL CONCEPTS OF THE CORPUSCULAR THEORY
The Uncertainty Relations
Illustrations of the Uncertainty Relations
a) Determination of the Position of a Free Particle
b) Measurement of the Velocity or Momentum of a Free Particle
c) Bound Electrons
d) Energy Measurements
III. CRITIQUE OF THE PHYSICAL CONCEPTS OF THE WAVE THEORY
The Uncertainty Relations for Waves
Discussion of an Actual Measurement of the Electromagnetic Field
THE STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM THEORY
Mathematical Considerations
Interference of Probabilities
Bohr's Concept of Complementarity
DISCUSSION OF IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS
The C. T. R. Wilson Experiments
Diffraction Experiments
The Experiment of Einstein and Rupp
Emission, Absorption, and Dispersion of Radiation
a) Application of the Conservation Laws
b) Correspondence Principle and the Method of Virtual Charges
c) The Complete Treatment of Radiation and Matter
Interference and the Conservation Laws
The Compton Effect and the Compton-Simon Experiment
Radiation Fluctuation Phenomena
Relativistic Formulation of the Quantum Theory
APPENDIX: THE MATHEMATICAL APPARATUS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY
The Corpuscular Concept of Matter
The Transformation Theory
The Schrödinger Equation
The Perturbation Method
Resonance between Two Atoms: the Physical Interpretation of the Transformation Matrices
The Corpuscular Concept for Radiation
Quantum Statistics
The Wave Concept for Matter and Radiation: Classical Theory
Quantum Theory of Wave Fields
Application to Waves of Negative Charge
Proof of the Mathematical Equivalence of the Quantum Theory of Particles and of Waves
Application to the Theory of Radiation
INDEX
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