Category:
Journal Reprints
Sub-Category:
Quantum Theory / Particle Physics
Date Published:
May 25, 2021
Keywords:
photoelectric effect, Stoletov, Lenard, Planck, Quantum theory, Ritz magnetic model of atom, Planck's constant, E = hf, red border, transparency of metals, ultraviolet rays, polarization vector, Compton effect, de Broglie
Filename:
Semikov_EngineerJ[trans]_n2(2009)1-12.pdf
Publication:
Engineer Journal
Comments:
Translated to English with Google Translate by Thomas E. Miles
Abstract:
An important event for science and technology took place 120 years ago. In the summer of 1888, the Russian experimental physicist A.G. Stoletov investigated the phenomenon of the photoelectric effect, established its nature and main regularities. The phenomenon not only radically influenced the development of physics, but also entailed a lot of discoveries and inventions. All television and video cameras, digital cameras, photocells, solar panels and other devices that convert light into electrical signals and vice versa are based on the photoelectric effect. Modern technology is inconceivable without it. It would seem that such an important phenomenon should be studied and explained in detail. But despite the 120-year history of research, the photoelectric effect has not found an adequate exhaustive explanation, hiding a lot of mysteries. Let's talk about them.
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