2006/03/24 by Manfred Bucher, Bucher, Manfred
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #physics.atom-ph #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0603213
19 text pages and 3 figures
arxiv created 2006/03/24 · openalex publication_date 2006/03/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Omission of Bohr's second postulate permits a derivation of spectral intensity. The transition amplitudes serve as upper bounds to quantum mechanical matrix elements. They also provide insight into the latter in terms of Sommerfeld ellipses and transition trajectories. The speed of a nascent photon in the region of the electron transiton is addressed and the orbit concept is reinterpreted.