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About electron radiation frequency in Heisenberg's 1925 paper
In Heisenberg's 1925 article Quantum Theoretical Interpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations, one of the first things he establishes are the form of the frequency functions in (what I assume ...
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Matter density estimates in the 1980s
Liddle (2015, p.67) writes: "From the crude estimates that a typical galaxy weighs about $10^{11}M\odot$ and that galaxies are typically about a megaparsec apart, we know that the Universe cannot ...
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First depiction of Einstein's "Train and Embankment" thought experiment with relevant 3 "train constituents" shown individually labelled (A', M', B') [closed]
The principal source of the widely known "Train and Embankment" thought experiment is -- by all appearances as well as by expert judgement -- Albert Einstein's booklett "On the Special ...
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Who was the first to publish the term 'spacetime'? [closed]
I'm looking for the earliest references to the word spacetime (in the modern sense), in any language.
The first references would likely be in German, as Raum-zeit or Raumzeit.
Of course, H. Minkowski ...
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Original paper of Christiaan Huygens discussing moment of inertia
As far as I know, it was Christiaan Huygens who first proposed the concept of the $\text{moment of inertia}^1$. Where can I find that paper/book where he first mentioned it? It is not mentioned in the ...
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The Copenhagen Interpretation
What are the actual papers in which Bohr, Born, and others proposed the Copenhagen interpretation? I know that Bohr himself didn't use the term, but I assume that he outlined the way of understanding ...
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In what paper did Einstein posit the cosmological constant?
Einstein's seminal papers On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies and Explanation of the perihelion movement of Mercury from general relativity were fundamental in the descriptions of Special and ...
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Which paper introduced the concept of the "Bloch sphere"?
Everyone loves Bloch sphere, but which paper of Bloch was it introduced? The Wikipedia article on Bloch sphere (here), as of 17/May/2021 links to this paper of Bloch “Nuclear Induction” but it doesn’t ...
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Reference of the 1st derivation of elastic relativistic collision in one dimension
I am researching in the relativistic collisions. Do you know what is the first paper or book derived the final velocities in terms of initial velocities in one dimension? I found the derivation on ...
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Who introduced the idea of Hilbert Spaces in physics?
I'm looking for the foundational paper / book that connected Quantum Mechanics and Hilbert spaces.
EDIT: I've just read the first chapter of Neumann's "Mathematical Foundations Of Quantum ...
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In which of Einstein's papers did he first propose interpreting square of light wave amplitude as probability of detecting photon? [closed]
In Max Born's Nobel lecture, he alludes to Einstein's proposed interpretation of EM wave amplitude (squared) as being the probability of detecting a photon: "Again an idea of Einstein’s gave me the ...
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What is the publication through which Zinn-Justin published what has come to be known as the "Zinn-Justin equation"?
does anybody know which publication contains the introduction of what has come to known as the Zinn-Justin equation?
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Lorentz' Derivation of Lorentz force
I have one simple question: Can someone point me to the paper where H.A. Lorentz published Lorentz force? I was digging through the usual literature in electromagnetics (Jackson, Griffiths, Thide, ...
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Original Derivations of Euler Equations or Navier-Stokes Equations
I've seen the derivations for both viscous and inviscid momentum balance in fluid flow in courses, but I'm curious as to where the original derivation for the equations now referred to Euler equations ...
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Pauli's first paper about the spin
Wikipedia states, that the spin degree of freedom was first formulated by Pauli in 1924:
In 1924 Wolfgang Pauli introduced what he called a "two-valued quantum degree of freedom" associated with ...
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