I. Atomic Theory and Mechanics [1]

Nunzio Tralli, Frank R. Pomilla

Adnan Hussain

Modern scientists describe the universe in terms of two basic partial theories: firstly, the general theory of relativity proposed by Albert Einstein, and secondly, the theory of quantum mechanics. This theory introduces an immense reality and simultaneously creates complex questions for the world of physics. Quantum mechanics is an incompletable knowledge however scientists are finding the basic theories from this theory. They propose complex mathematical expressions from quantum mechanics to prove the basic law of atoms. Quantum mechanics is the entire knowledge of subatomic particles such as electrons, protons, and neutrons. Quantum mechanics reveals that what we see is just a part of a deeper reality. Then we can grasp from this theory that the material world is not the completed reality; there are other things beyond human physical senses. The concept of quantum mechanics describes particles that can exist in multiple states. The concept of quantum mechanics is directly proportional to contemporary world technologies. The super specialty of this theory is that scientists cannot be explained universe without quantum mechanics. The uncertainty principle of Heisenberg in quantum mechanics suggests that there are limits to what we can know about a particle state of an atom. Humans cannot yet find out what it looks like and how we can imagine the existence of subatomic particles in an atom. That was an unseen dynamite for humans' perspective observation of the material world.

R. Loudon

Abstract The calculations of the preceding chapter display some of the inadequacies of the Einstein theory of interaction of light with atoms. The theory itself gives no prescription for computing the values of the A and B coefficients appropriate to a given atomic transition. For this one must look to the quantum-mechanical theory of transition probabilities. As light beams are generated by emission from atoms and measurements on light beams ultimately depend on the absorption of light by atoms, it is essential to cover the theory of the atomic interaction processes, even though the main interest of the book is the quantum nature of the light itself. More seriously, the Einstein theory is applicable only for broad-band illumination of the atom, where the energy in the incident light is distributed smoothly across the frequencies within the linewidth of the atomic transition. By contrast, many experiments with laser sources use light beams whose frequency distributions are much narrower than atomic transition linewidths.