Home-Work assignment: Part I. 603/1,3-4,7-18; 604/19-29; 606/1-12; Part II. 604/35-36; 605/37-41, 44-54; 606/13-22; 607/26
- Bohr’s model was not complete, since it combined classical and quantum concepts in a non-rigorous manner
- De’ Broglie’s revolutionary hypothesis: waves associated to all particles (wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum) matter-waves
- Atomic particles confined to finite spaces form standing-wave patterns that quantize their physical properties
- Quantum particles are described by the wave-function
- Square of the wave-function: probabilistic interpretation
- Wave-function determined by the Schrodinger equation
- There are four quantum numbers associated with the allowed states of the electrons in an atoms
- The electrons fill the available states, respecting Pauli’s exclusion principle and the minimal energy principle
- There is an indeterminacy of knowledge resulting from the wave-particle duality (Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle)
- New philosophical view on determinism: --> probabilistic determinism