Ionisation et résonance des gaz et des vapeurs

Abstract

IN few subjects is the difficulty of interpretation of the experimental evidence greater than in that which deals with the resonance and ionisation potentials of gases. It is, however, of such importance to the theory of atomic structure that a clear and critical survey of its present stage of development is to be welcomed. Such an account is to be found in the volume under notice. Prof. Bloch is well aware of the many pitfalls which beset the path of the experimenter and of the danger of too much speculation on too slender an experimental basis. He insists, again and again, on the fact that, without spectroscopic confirmation, the interpretation of the electrical measurements must always be some what uncertain.

Ionisation et résonance des gaz et des vapeurs.

Par Dr. Léon Bloch. (Recueil des Conférences-Rapports de documentation sur la Physique. Vol. 11, 2^e Série. Édité par la Société Journal de Physique ) Pp. 223. (Paris: Les Presses universitaires de France, 1925.) 25 francs.