bearings, the Sommerfeld number (S) is a dimensionless quantity used extensively in hydrodynamic lubrication analysis. The Sommerfeld number is very important...
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Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (German: [ˈaʁnɔlt joˈhanəs ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈzɔmɐˌfɛlt]; 5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist...
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Bohr model (redirect from Sommerfeld-Wilson-Ishiwara quantization)
the Bohr–Sommerfeld model was without its successes. Calculations based on the Bohr–Sommerfeld model were able to accurately explain a number of more complex...
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lecture, the next step was taken by Arnold Sommerfeld in 1915. Sommerfeld's atomic model added a second quantum number and the concept of quantized phase integrals...
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Fine-structure constant (redirect from Sommerfeld fine structure constant)
In physics, the fine-structure constant, also known as the Sommerfeld constant, commonly denoted by α (the Greek letter alpha), is a fundamental physical...
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was introduced by George Stokes in 1851, but the Reynolds number was named by Arnold Sommerfeld in 1908 after Osborne Reynolds who popularized its use in...
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The Bohr–Sommerfeld model (also known as the Sommerfeld model or Bohr–Sommerfeld theory) was an extension of the Bohr model to allow elliptical orbits...
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Geometrical optics (redirect from Sommerfeld–Runge method)
short-wavelength limit for solutions to hyperbolic partial differential equations (Sommerfeld–Runge method) or as a property of propagation of field discontinuities...
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diagonals give common symbols for the quantities, and the given dimensionless number is the ratio of the left column quantity over top row quantity; e.g. Re...
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in the Philosophical Magazine. The qualitative success of the Sommerfeld quantum number scheme failed to explain the Zeeman effect in weak magnetic field...
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Old quantum theory (redirect from Sommerfeld-Wilson quantization condition)
premised on Arnold Sommerfeld's enhancements to the Bohr model of the atom. The main tool of the old quantum theory was the Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization condition...
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orbitals around each atom. The term "azimuthal quantum number" was introduced by Arnold Sommerfeld in 1915: II:132 as part of an ad hoc description of...
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Wolfgang Pauli added a fourth quantum number, "spin", during the old quantum theory period of the Sommerfeld-Bohr Solar System atom to complete the modern...
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In applied mathematics, and theoretical physics, the Sommerfeld radiation condition is a concept from theory of differential equations and scattering theory...
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to improve the bearings' performance. Plain bearing Kugel fountain Sommerfeld number Rowe, W. Brian (2012). Hydrostatic, Aerostatic and Hybrid Bearing...
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application of the Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization rules to the classical equations. The radial quantum number determines the number of nodes of the radial...
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Online version: (2006–) "number concentration". doi:10.1351/goldbook.N04260 Clayton T. Crowe; John D. Schwarzkopf; Martin Sommerfeld; Yutaka Tsuji (2011)...
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expansion Sommerfeld effect Sommerfeld identity Sommerfeld number Sommerfeld parameter Sommerfeld radiation condition Sommerfeld's approximation Sommerfeld–Goubau...
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Free electron model (redirect from Drude-Sommerfeld model)
Sommerfeld, who combined the classical Drude model with quantum mechanical Fermi–Dirac statistics and hence it is also known as the Drude–Sommerfeld model...
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Hydrogen atom (section Bohr–Sommerfeld Model)
of these shortcomings were resolved by Arnold Sommerfeld's modification of the Bohr model. Sommerfeld introduced two additional degrees of freedom, allowing...
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Valence (chemistry) (redirect from Valence number)
absolute valency seems to be that adopted by Grimm and Sommerfeld, that it is numerically equal to the number of electrons of the atom 'engaged' (beansprucht)...
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Ferdinand von Lindemann (category German number theorists)
theses of the mathematicians David Hilbert, Hermann Minkowski, and Arnold Sommerfeld. In 1882, Lindemann published the result for which he is best known, the...
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The Orr–Sommerfeld equation, in fluid dynamics, is an eigenvalue equation describing the linear two-dimensional modes of disturbance to a viscous parallel...
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Gamow factor (redirect from Gamow-Sommerfeld factor)
The Gamow factor, Sommerfeld factor or Gamow–Sommerfeld factor, named after physicists George Gamow or after Arnold Sommerfeld, is a probability factor...
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Max, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, 1868–1951, Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society Volume 8, Number 21, pp. 274–296 (1952) Goran, Morris...
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1923 at Munich under Sommerfeld. In June 1922, Sommerfeld took Heisenberg to Göttingen to attend the Bohr Festival, because Sommerfeld had a sincere interest...
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Richardson Rayo's number – Agustin Rayo Rydberg constant – Johannes Rydberg Sommerfeld constant – Arnold Sommerfeld Sagan's number – Carl Sagan Sackur–Tetrode...
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especially the large number of so-called "knob-sickles" discovered in the Frankleben hoard, are discussed by Sommerfeld (1994). Sommerfeld favours an interpretation...
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Bernhard Riemann (section Number theory)
ISBN 978-3-319-26042-6. Arnold Sommerfeld, „Vorlesungen über theoretische Physik“, Bd.2 (Mechanik deformierbarer Medien), Harri Deutsch, S.124. Sommerfeld heard the story...
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SMS Gefion (redirect from SS Adolf Sommerfeld)
In 1920, she was sold, converted into a freighter, and renamed Adolf Sommerfeld. She served in this capacity for only three years, and was broken up for...
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