One hundred years ago Alfred Land\'e unriddled the Anomalous Zeeman Effect and presaged Electron Spin

Сто лет назад Альфред Ланде разгадал аномальный эффект Зеемана и предвосхитил идею спина электрона
Schmidt-B\"ocking, Horst, Břetislav Friedrich
2022-03-15

Alfred LandéAnomalous Zeeman effectPauli exclusion principleatomic physicsquantized electronic angular momentum
In order to commemorate Alfred Land\'e's unriddling of the anomalous Zeeman Effect a century ago, we reconstruct his seminal contribution to atomic physics in light of the atomic models available at the time. Land\'e recognized that the coupling of quantized electronic angular momenta via their vector addition within an atom was the origin of all the apparent mysteries of atomic structure as manifested by the anomalous Zeeman effect. We show to which extent Land\'e's ideas influenced the development of quantum physics, particularly Wolfgang Pauli's path to the exclusion principle. We conclude with Land\'e's brief biography.
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Alfred Landé explained the anomalous Zeeman effect by identifying vector coupling of quantized electronic angular momenta within atoms as its underlying cause.
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Landé’s analysis clarified apparent mysteries of atomic structure using the atomic models available a century ago.
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Landé’s ideas significantly influenced the development of quantum physics, especially Wolfgang Pauli’s route to the exclusion principle.
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The paper reconstructs Landé’s seminal contribution and places it in historical context, concluding with a brief biography.

Alfred Landé's explanation of the anomalous Zeeman effect and its historical development in atomic physics

The role of coupled quantized electronic angular momenta and Landé's ideas in explaining atomic structure and influencing the development of quantum physics

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Břetislav Friedrich
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