Abstract
1. There seems to be little doubt that the detailed mechanism of ionisation or excitation by electron impact will not admit of description, even to a first approximation, by the system of classical mechanics. However the experimental work of Franck and Horton and their collaborators, has shown that, within the limits of the error of experiment, an electron is able to impart the whole or part of its kinetic energy to the atom it excites. When its initial energy is greater than the excitation energy, the electron, instead of being brought to rest, retains the excess as kinetic energy.
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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