Speaker
Prof.
ROSSI, Paolo
(Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Pisa)
Description
Fermi's approach to quantum mechanics passes through the study of collision processes. He obtains a first important result in 1924, still within the framework of the old quantum theory, but anticipating the method of virtual photons. In 1926, following, within a few months the advent of wave mechanics, and exploiting his knowledge of diffraction gratings, Fermi finds an elegant quantum solution of a rigid rotator scattering problem.
Primary author
Prof.
ROSSI, Paolo
(Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Pisa)
