Chapter 16 Appendix: Memorabilia in the Development of Quantum Mechanics

In 1690, Huygens published "Theory of Light", and the wave theory was formally put forward In 1704, Newton published "Optics", and the particle theory became dominant In 1807, Yang sorted out the work on light and proposed the double-slit interference experiment, and the wave theory came to the stage again In 1819, Fresnel proved that light is a transverse wave 1856-1865, Maxwell established electromagnetic mechanics, and light was interpreted as a kind of electromagnetic wave In 1885, Balmer proposed the empirical formula of hydrogen atomic spectrum In 1887, Hertz confirmed Maxwell's electromagnetic theory, but he also discovered the phenomenon of photoelectric effect

In 1893, Wien's formula for black body radiation was proposed Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896 In 1896, the Zeeman effect of the spectrum was discovered In 1897, JJ Thomson discovered the electron In 1900, Planck proposed the quantum concept to solve the black body problem In 1905, Einstein proposed the concept of light quantum, which explained the photoelectric effect In 1910, the alpha particle scattering experiment In 1911, superconductivity was discovered In 1913, the Bohr atomic model was proposed In 1915, Sommerfeld modified the Bohr model, introduced the theory of relativity, and explained the Zeeman effect and Stark effect

In 1918, Bohr's correspondence principle took shape In 1922, the Stern-Gerlach experiment In 1923, Compton completed the X-ray scattering experiment, and the particle nature of light was confirmed In 1923, de Broglie proposed the concept of matter waves In 1924, Bose-Einstein statistics were proposed In 1925, Pauli proposed the exclusion principle In 1925, Davidson and Germer confirmed the volatility of electrons In 1925, Heisenberg founded matrix mechanics, and quantum mechanics was established In 1925, Dirac proposed the q-number In 1925, Uhlenbeck and Goldschmidt discovered the electron spin

In 1926, Schrodinger founded the wave mechanics In 1926, wave mechanics and matrix mechanics were proved to be equivalent In 1926, the Fermi-Dirac statistics In 1927, GP Thomson confirmed the volatility of the electron In 1927, Heisenberg proposed the uncertainty principle In 1927, Born made a probabilistic interpretation of the wave function In 1927, the Como Conference and the Fifth Solvay Conference were held, and the principle of complementarity took shape In 1928, Dirac proposed the relativized electronic wave equation, and quantum electrodynamics took the first step In 1930, the 6th Solvay Conference was held, and Einstein proposed the light box experiment

In 1932, the anti-electron was discovered In 1932, Chadwick discovered the neutron In 1935, Einstein proposed the EPR thought experiment In 1935, Schrödinger proposed the cat paradox In 1935, Hideki Yukawa predicted meson In 1938, the phenomenon of superfluidity was discovered In 1942, Fermi built the first controllable nuclear reactor In 1942, Feynman proposed the path integral method In 1945, the first atomic bomb was detonated In 1947, the first transistor In 1948, the renormalization theory was mature, and quantum electrodynamics was thoroughly established In 1952, Bohm proposed the hidden variable theory of guided waves

In 1954, the Yang-Mills gauge field, later developed quantum chromodynamics In 1956, Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning proposed that parity is not conserved under weak effects, which was soon confirmed by Wu Jianxiong with experiments In 1957, Everett proposed the many-worlds explanation In 1960, laser technology was invented In 1963, Gell-Mann et al. proposed the quark model In 1964, Bell proposed Bell's inequality In 1964, CP symmetry breaking was discovered In 1968, the Vinicchiano model was established, leading to the emergence of string theory In 1970, decoherence theory was established

In 1973, the unified theory of weak electricity was established In 1973, nuclear magnetic resonance technology was invented In 1974, the Grand Unified Theory was proposed In 1975, tau was discovered In 1979, Wheeler proposed the delay experiment In 1982, Aspect experiment, local hidden variable theory was ruled out In 1983, the Z0 intermediate boson was discovered, and the electroweak unified theory was confirmed 1984, the first superstring revolution In 1984, Griffins proposed a decoherent historical explanation, which was later developed by Hartle et al. In 1986, the GRW model was proposed

In 1993, quantum teleportation theory started In 1995, the top quark was discovered In 1995, the Bose-Einstein condensate was made in the laboratory In 1995, the second superstring revolution began