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
Language: English
Edition Details: Part of a special Issue: Proceedings from the HQ2 Conference
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.
...MoreArticle 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).
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