Rejection of the Light Quantum: The Dark Side of Niels Bohr
History and Philosophy of Physics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Evidence is recalled of the strong opposition of Niels Bohr, at the time of the Old Quantum Theory 1.913-25, to the Lichtquanten hypothesis of Einstein. Some episodes with H.A. Kramers, J.C. Slater and W. Heisenberg are recollected; Bohr's changing point of view is traced back to some philosophical antecedents and to his endeavour to deduce quantum results from the Correspondence Principle. Some consequences for the future interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, specially to the Complementarity Principle, are considered.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0212090,
title = {Rejection of the Light Quantum: The Dark Side of Niels Bohr},
author = {Luis J. Boya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0212090},
year = {2009}
}
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15 pages