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The Bohr theory of the atom was founded on a hypothesis, that the momentum of the orbiting electron is an integral multiple of (h/2π) (section 1.3). No justification for this was given, nor was certain finer detail of atomic spectra accurately accounted for on Bohr’s theory. Justification had, in fact, to await a suggestion put forward in 1924 by L. de Broglie. He argued that if electromagnetic radiation could often be considered to be made up of particles, could not particles often be considered as waves? This suggestion was developed by de Broglie, Dirac, Heisenberg and Schrödinger in the years 1926 and 1927, and formed the basis of a new quantum theory called quantum mechanics.
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Nichols, K.G., Vernon, E.V. (1966). Quantum Mechanics and Band Theory. In: Transistor Physics. Modern Electrical Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9916-5_2
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