Fermi, Majorana and the statistical model of atoms
History and Philosophy of Physics
2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Atomic Physics
Abstract
We give an account of the appearance and first developments of the statistical model of atoms proposed by Thomas and Fermi, focusing on the main results achieved by Fermi and his group in Rome. Particular attention is addressed to the unknown contribution to this subject by Majorana, anticipating some important results reached later by leading physicists.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0406030,
title = {Fermi, Majorana and the statistical model of atoms},
author = {E. Di Grezia and S. Esposito},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0406030},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Latex, 16 pages, 2 figures