Ettore Majorana: Unpublished Research Notes on Theoretical Physics / Edition 1

by Salvatore Esposito, E. Recami, Alwyn van der Merwe

Overview

Without listing his works, all of which are highly notable both for the originality of the methods utilized as well as for the importance of the results achieved, we limit ourselves to the following: In modern nuclear theories, the contribution made by this researcher to the introduction of the forces called ‘Majorana forces’ is universally recognized as the one, among the most fundamental, that permits us to theoretically comprehend the reasons for nuclear stability. The work of Majorana today serves as a basis for the most important research in this field. In atomic physics, the merit of having resolved some of the most - tricate questions on the structure of spectra through simple and elegant considerations of symmetry is due to Majorana. Lastly, he devised a brilliant method that permits us to treat the positive and negative electron in a symmetrical way,finally elimining the necessity to rely on the extremely artificial and unsatisfactory hypothesis of an inflnitely large electrical charge diffused in space, a question that had been tackled in vain by many other scholars [4].

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402091131
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/14/2008
Series:	Fundamental Theories of Physics , #159
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	452
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

I.- Dirac Theory.- Quantum Electrodynamics.- II.- Atomic Physics.- Molecular Physics.- Statistical Mechanics.- III.- The Theory of Scattering.- Nuclear Physics.- IV.- Classical Physics.- Mathematical Physics.

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