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Aharonov-Bohm effect in Presence of Superconductors
L. O'Raifeartaigh, N. Straumann, A. Wipf
The analysis of a previous paper, in which it was shown that the energy for the Aharonov-Bohm effect could be traced to the interaction energy between the magnetic field of the ele…
The Role of the Exclusion Principle for Atoms to Stars: A Historical Account
Norbert Straumann
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…
Schroedinger discovery of wave mechanics
Norbert Straumann
Schroedinger's great discovery of wave mechanics in 1926 - his annus mirabilis - is discussed in detail. Beside the six most important papers that appeared during the first half of…
".. I didn't reflect much on what I was doing.." How Planck discovered his radiation formula
Domenico Giulini, Norbert Straumann
On December 14. 1900, Max Planck communicated his derivation of his radiation formula, which he later called ``an act of desperation''. This date is widely recognized as birthday o…