About this episode
This episode discusses the challenges in understanding electron orbits and the contributions of Niels Bohr, Schrödinger, and Pauli in quantum mechanics.
Niels Bohr’s atomic model was the basis of the following theories. The problem of why electrons have fixed orbits led to the discovery of Schrödinger’s wave function. This time, another problem of why electrons stay in their orbits rather than fall to lower energy levels led to Pauli, the Austrian genius, discovering the Pauli’s exclusion principle. Even a talented physicist like him got irritated over the Anomalous Zeeman effect, which holds the secret of a missing quantum number. We are still a step away from cracking the whole puzzle. 前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动
People in this episode
Host: 虎风Tigerstorm
Topics covered
- atomic model
- quantum mechanics
- electron orbits
- Pauli's exclusion principle
- Anomalous Zeeman effect
Keywords
- Niels Bohr
- Schrödinger
- Pauli
- quantum mechanics
- electron orbits
- Anomalous Zeeman effect
- Pauli’s exclusion principle
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Books & works: Pauli’s exclusion principle
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