2004/03/28 by Norbert Straumann, Straumann, Norbert
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #physics.hist-ph #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0403199
28 pages, Invited talk at the 12th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics, March 22-27, 2004, Ringberg Castle, Germany
openalex publication_date 2004/03/28 · arxiv created 2004/08/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In a first historical part I shall give a detailed description of how Pauli discovered --before the advent of the new quantum mechanics -- his exclusion principle. The second part is devoted to the insight and results that have been obtained in more recent times in our understanding of the stability of matter in bulk, both for ordinary matter (like stones) and self-gravitating bodies.