The Distribution of the Electrons in Atoms

@article{Bragg1915TheDO,
  title={The Distribution of the Electrons in Atoms},
  author={William Henry Sir Bragg},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1915},
  volume={95},
  pages={344-344}
}
  • W. Bragg
  • Published 1 May 1915
  • Physics
  • Nature
I HAVE to thank the Editor for his kindness in allowing me to see Mr. Compton's letter. I believe Mr. Compton is right in ascribing the rapid decline in the intensities of the X-ray spectra as we proceed to higher orders to the fact that the atom should not be treated as a point, but as a distribution of electrons in space; if this is so, we may hope to determine this distribution when we have measured the relative intensities accurately and have learnt to interpret them. This hypothesis and… 
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