The Bohr Atom. A guide

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PRELIMS.pdf Preface References Acknowledgements Author biography Bruce Cameron Reed CH001.pdf Chapter 1 Preliminaries 1.1 On the sizes of atoms 1.2 Spectroscopy, the quantum concept, and the Balmer formula 1.3 Circular orbit forces and energetics 1.4 The radiative collapse problem References CH002.pdf Chapter 2 The Bohr model I: hydrogenic atoms 2.1 Niels Bohr: early life and paper I of the trilogy 2.2 The Bohr model: orbital radii and energy levels 2.3 The Bohr model: transitions and spectral series 2.3.1 The Balmer series 2.3.2 Emission and absorption 2.3.3 Other hydrogen series 2.3.4 Transition notation 2.4 Ionized helium 2.5 The Rydberg–Ritz combination principle 2.6 Angular momentum 2.7 Unpacking paper I: the correspondence principle 2.8 Initial reactions to the theory References CH003.pdf Chapter 3 The Bohr model II: corollaries 3.1 Orbit and energy-level diagrams 3.2 The fine-structure constant 3.3 X-rays 3.4 Overlapping and non-overlapping spectral series 3.5 Whither gravity? 3.6 The de Broglie matter-wave approach 3.7 An angular momentum/energy minimization approach 3.8 Papers II, III, and beyond: the periodic table, relativity, and quantum mechanics 3.9 Bohr’s treatment of the H2 molecule References CH004.pdf Chapter 4 Miscellaneous topics 4.1 Isotope effects: deuterium 4.2 Magnetic field of the orbiting electron 4.3 Ionization potentials of two-electron atoms 4.4 Anti-hydrogen 4.5 Atomic recoil References CH005.pdf Chapter 5 The 1930s, World War II, fission, the bomb, and politics References APP1.pdf Chapter APP2.pdf Chapter