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The 169 pages that link to Quantum mechanics, each with the reason it gives.

• Atomic physicsNarrower topic: Atomic structure and electron behavior require its rules.

• Bohr magnetonNarrower topic: Modern quantum mechanics explains the spin and orbital moments measured in Bohr magnetons.

• Correspondence principleNarrower topic: The correspondence principle became a requirement on this broader theory.

• Moseley's lawNarrower topic: It provides the modern framework for deriving atomic energy levels and X-ray spectra.

• Relational quantum mechanicsNarrower topic: Relational quantum mechanics interprets this theory without changing its standard empirical predictions.

• Fermi's golden ruleNarrower topic: The rule is a result within quantum mechanics, not a classical rate law.

• James FranckNarrower topic: The experiment supplied direct evidence for the quantization central to the emerging theory.

• Kronecker deltaNarrower topic: Discrete quantum-state overlaps often equal one for matching labels and zero otherwise.

• Alain AspectNarrower topic: Aspect tested a distinctive prediction of quantum mechanics against local alternatives.

• Clinton DavissonNarrower topic: The electron diffraction result became a landmark confirmation of quantum theory.

• Franck–Hertz experimentNarrower topic: The experiment’s discrete collision energies anticipated a central feature of quantum descriptions of atoms.

• Particle in a boxNarrower topic: The box is a simple model for its rules of states and measurement.

• SuperconductorNarrower topic: Superconductivity depends on quantum coherence across macroscopic numbers of particles.

• Analytical mechanicsNarrower topic: Classical analytical structures inform quantum theory, but quantum dynamics changes the physical framework.

• Johannes RydbergNarrower topic: Quantum theory ultimately explained why atomic spectra form discrete, orderly lines.

• John Archibald WheelerNarrower topic: Wheeler’s nuclear research relied on quantum descriptions of nuclei and their reactions.

• Niels Bohr InstituteNarrower topic: Research associated with the institute helped establish quantum mechanics as a central framework.

• Philip W. AndersonNarrower topic: His theories of electrons in solids apply quantum mechanics to many interacting particles.

• Wilhelm WienNarrower topic: Wien’s radiation research formed part of the path toward quantum theory.

• Arthur ComptonNarrower topic: Compton’s result helped establish the quantum account of electromagnetic radiation.

• Harold UreyNarrower topic: Quantum theory explains the isotope-dependent spectral shifts central to Urey’s discovery.

• Lester GermerNarrower topic: Electron waves became a foundational feature of the framework that Germer’s experiments supported.

• Maria Goeppert MayerNarrower topic: Quantized nuclear energy levels are the foundation of Mayer's model.

• No-cloning theoremNarrower topic: The theorem follows from the structure of quantum states and allowed physical evolution.

• Otto SternNarrower topic: Stern’s experiments helped establish quantum mechanics as an experimentally testable theory.

• Robert S. MullikenNarrower topic: Its principles supplied the mathematical basis for Mulliken’s account of molecular electrons.

• Helium compoundsNarrower topic: Accurate predictions of weak helium binding require quantum treatment of nuclear motion and electrons.

• Hugh Everett IIINarrower topic: Everett treated quantum mechanics as universally applicable, including to observers and measuring devices.

• Pascual JordanNarrower topic: It is the broader theory whose early mathematical formulation Jordan helped establish.

• Geiger–Nuttall lawNarrower topic: The law’s empirical pattern acquired a physical explanation through quantum mechanics.

• George Paget ThomsonNarrower topic: Electron diffraction became evidence for the quantum theory’s wave description of particles.

• John Hasbrouck Van VleckNarrower topic: Van Vleck used its rules to explain magnetic behavior that classical physics could not account for.

• Nikolay BasovNarrower topic: Basov’s devices relied on quantum transitions between discrete energy states.

• Paul EhrenfestNarrower topic: Ehrenfest critically examined the theory’s development and its relation to classical physics.

• Theoretical chemistryNarrower topic: It is the foundational theory from which molecular electronic models are built.

• Wave packetNarrower topic: Quantum particles are often represented by localized wave functions assembled from momentum components.

• Wigner's theoremNarrower topic: The theorem supplies a general rule for representing its state symmetries.

• History of atomic theoryNarrower topic: Modern atomic structure depends on quantum mechanics rather than classical electron orbits.

• Kramers' theoremNarrower topic: The theorem is a consequence of quantum-state symmetry and angular momentum.

• Magnetic resonanceNarrower topic: Quantized spin states explain the discrete absorption frequencies of nuclear resonance.

• Rotational–vibrational spectroscopyNarrower topic: Quantized molecular states underpin the discrete transitions measured in rovibrational spectra.

• BKS theoryNarrower topic: BKS was a transitional proposal soon superseded by the mature quantum theory.

• David ThoulessNarrower topic: Thouless applied quantum theory to collective behavior in materials and fluids.

• Interpretations of quantum mechanicsNarrower topic: Interpretations explain the physical meaning of this shared mathematical framework.

• Michio KakuNarrower topic: Quantum principles underpin the field theories Kaku studied.

• Quantum foamNarrower topic: Quantum uncertainty motivates replacing a perfectly smooth microscopic spacetime with fluctuating geometry.

• Atomic and molecular processes in external fieldsNarrower topic: Field-induced changes are commonly understood as shifts and mixing of quantum states.

• Gustav Ludwig HertzNarrower topic: The results became foundational experimental evidence for quantized atomic behavior.

• History of subatomic physicsNarrower topic: Its development supplied the framework for explaining atomic and subatomic behavior.

• Igor PlotnitskyNarrower topic: Plotnitsky’s philosophical work examines the conceptual structure of this theory.