Further remarks on molecular structure in quantum theory

✍ Scribed by R.G. Woolley

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 598 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(78)84010-x

✦ Synopsis

We argue that the notion of "structure" in microscopic physics is not derivable from quantum mechanics, but must be added to the quantum theory as a postulate of equal status: we then obtain the conventional pictures of molecular and nuclear physics.