Perspective on "Zur quantentheorie der spektrallinien" - Sommerfeld A (1916) Ann Phys (Leipzig) 51 : 1-94, 125-167

Authors
Hess, BA
Citation
Ba. Hess, Perspective on "Zur quantentheorie der spektrallinien" - Sommerfeld A (1916) Ann Phys (Leipzig) 51 : 1-94, 125-167, THEOR CH AC, 103(3-4), 2000, pp. 168-170
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY ACCOUNTS
ISSN journal
1432881X → ACNP
Volume
103
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
168 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
1432-881X(200002)103:3-4<168:PO"QDS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Among many other results, Arnold Sommerfeld gave in his article the correct expression for the relativistic bound-state energy levels of the hydrogen atom, well before the development of wave mechanics, clear ideas about the electron spin, and Dirac's relativistic wave equation. He correctly attribu ted the fine structure of atomic spectra to relativistic effects, and thus published the first paper giving a quantitative perspective on relativistic quantum chemistry.