An investigation of the screened Coulomb potential using a variational technique, 1969

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Sch

Identifier: b2088191

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth College graduate Physics program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree.

Dates

Creation: 1969

Creator

Schumacher, James D. (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : [20] pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The intention of this paper is to determine some of the properties of the screened coulomb [sic] potential, and look into its validity as a model for observed emission spectra of hydrogen plasmas.

Some variational methods will be examined and the problem of finding upper bounds to the excited states of atoms will also be investigated.

The variational method is then applied to the anomoly [sic] of the disappearance of spectral lines originating from high principle of quantum numbers and the results are utilized to examine Debye-Huckel theory and conclude that screening alone is not sufficient to explain the observed cut off in emission spectra.

Partial Contents

Abstract -- Introduction -- I. Eigenenergies of a quantum mechnical system -- II. Applications of variational techniques -- III. The number of bound states in a screened Coulomb potential -- IV. Conclusions -- Figures -- Tables -- References.