PARTIAL EXCITATION IN WAVE MECHANICS,

Abstract

By reinterpreting expectation value as effective value, a wave mechanics is obtained which contains spontaneous emission explicitly. This implies a nonquantized electromagnetic field, and allows the bound electron to take on a continuous range of energy values. Radiation reaction force then occurs on absorbtion, but not on emission. It is argued that present experimental evidence does not exclude this possibility. An experiment is given for making a positive test of the predicted phenomenon. This involves a beam of sodium atoms, deflected by means of illumination from the side by a sodium lamp. The beam of atoms is collected on a flat surface for analysis of the distribution pattern. Nominal deflection angle is 3 x 10 to the minus 5th power radians. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 23, 1968
Accession Number
AD0683388

Entities

People

  • James W. Deer

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorific Value
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Deflection
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Emission
  • Excitation
  • Fermions
  • Illumination
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Mechanics
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics