Verner Hajzenberg

Verner Karl Hajzenberg (nem. Werner Karl Heisenberg; Vircburg, 5. decembar 1901 — Minhen, 1. februar 1976) bio je nemački fizičar i dobitnik Nobelove nagrade za fiziku 1932. godine, jedan od osnivača kvantne mehanike.

Verner Hajzenberg
Verner Hajzenberg
Lični podaci
Puno ime	Verner Karl Hajzenberg
Datum rođenja	(1901-12-05)5. decembar 1901.
Mesto rođenja	Vircburg, Nemačko carstvo
Datum smrti	1. februar 1976.(1976-02-01) (74 god.)
Mesto smrti	Minhen, Zapadna Nemačka
Obrazovanje	Univerzitet Ludvig Maksimilijan u Minhenu
Naučni rad
Polje	teorijska fizika
Institucija	Univerzitet u Čikagu Univerzitet Ludvig Maksimilijan iz Minhena Humboltov univerzitet u Berlinu Univerzitet u Lajpcigu Univerzitet u Kopenhagenu Univerzitet u Getingenu
Učenici	Ugo Fano Feliks Bloh Edvard Teler Etore Majorana
Poznat po	Relacije neodređenosti
Nagrade	Nobelova nagrada za fiziku
Potpis

Kvantna mehanika

Verner Hajzenberg na konferenciji u Solveju

Hajzenberg je u jesen 1920. godine upisao fiziku, 17. jula 1923. godine je doktorirao, a oktobra 1927. godine, kao dvadesetšestogodišnjak, postavljen je za redovnog profesora Teorijske fizike u Lajpcigu. U tom periodu boravio je u tri najveća svetska centra teorijske atomske fizike tog vremena. U Minhenu je uradio doktorat pod rukovodstvom A. Zomerfelda, u Getingenu je u zimu 1922/23. bio student, a 1923/24. asistent M. Borna, dok je u Kopenhagenu, kod Nilsa Bora, prvo, 1924/25, bio u poseti, a 1926. godine je postavljen za predavača iz teorijske fizike.

Godine 1925. je otkrio matričnu mehaniku, prvu formulaciju kvantne mehanike. Njegova Relacija neodređenosti, otkrivena 1927, tvrdi da određivanje pozicije i impulsa čestice nužno sadrži greške, a proizvod ove dve greške je veći od, ili jednak određenoj Plankovoj konstanti. Zajedno sa Borom, on će formulisati Kopenhagensku interpretaciju kvantne mehanike.

Dobio je Nobelovu nagradu za fiziku 1932. godine „za stvaranje kvantne mehanike, njenu primenu koja je, inter alia, dovela do otkrića alotropskih formi vodonika“.

Rad za vreme rata

Nuklearna fisija je otkrivena u Nemačkoj 1938. Hajzenberg je ostao u Nemačkoj za vreme Drugog svetskog rata, radeći pod nacističkim režimom. Vodio je nemački program nuklearnog oružja, ali opseg njegove saradnje sa nacistima nije sasvim razjašnjen.

Otkrio je Boru postojanje ovog programa na konferenciji u Kopenhagenu, septembra 1941. Posle ovog susreta, veliko prijateljstvo između Bora i Hajzenberga je okončano. Bor se kasnije pridružio Projektu Menhetn. Nemačka nije uspela da proizvede atomsku bombu.

Spekuliše se da je Hajzenberg imao moralne sumnje, i da je pokušavao da uspori projekat. On lično je takođe pokušavao da stvari prikaže tako posle rata, i knjiga Tomasa Pauera, „Hajzenbergov rat“, kao i predstava „Kopenhagen“ Mihaela Frajna su usvojile ovakvu interpretaciju.

Februara 2002. se pojavilo pismo koje je Bor napisao Hajzenbergu 1957. (ali ga nije poslao). U tom pismu Bor kaže da Hajzenberg kada su se sastali 1941, nije izrazio nikakve moralne probleme u vezi projekta pravljenja bombe, da je Hajzenberg proveo protekle dve godine radeći skoro u potpunosti na ovom projektu, i da je bio ubeđen da će atomska bomba odlučiti pobednika u ratu.

Većina istoričara nauke uzima ovo kao dokaz da je prethodna interpretacija Hajzenbergovog otpora bila pogrešna, ali neki se ne slažu, smatrajući da je Bor možda pogrešno razumeo Hajzenbergove namere, kada su se sreli 1941.

Pogled unazad

Hajzenberg je napisao knjigu pod naslovom „Deo i celina“ koja govori o njegovom životu, prijateljstvu sa Borom, i njegovim ocenama kvantne fizike.

„On leži ovde negde“ bio je njegov epitaf.

Kako se priča, jednom su ga pitali, šta bi upitao Boga, ako bi se ukazala prilika. On je odgovorio:

Kada sretnem Boga, upitaću ga dve stvari: Zašto relativitet? I zašto turbulencija? Zaista verujem da će imati odgovor na prvo pitanje.

Dela

Knjige

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• —; Northrop, Filmer (1999). Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science (Great Minds Series). Prometheus. 
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=Naučni izveštaji na temu nuklearne fizike

• Werner Heisenberg. Die Möglichkeit der technischer Energiegewinnung aus der Uranspaltung.  G-39 (6 December 1939)
• Werner Heisenberg. Bericht über die Möglichkeit technischer Energiegewinnung aus der Uranspaltung (II).  G-40 (29 February 1940)
• Robert Döpel, K. Döpel, and Werner Heisenberg Bestimmung der Diffusionslänge thermischer Neutronen in schwerem Wasser G-23 (7 August 1940)
• Robert Döpel, K. Döpel, and Werner Heisenberg Bestimmung der Diffusionslänge thermischer Neutronen in Präparat 38 G-22 (5 December 1940)
• Robert Döpel, K. Döpel, and Werner Heisenberg Versuche mit Schichtenanordnungen von D₂O und 38 G-75 (28 October 1941)
• Werner Heisenberg. Über die Möglichkeit der Energieerzeugung mit Hilfe des Isotops 238.  G-92 (1941)
• Werner Heisenberg. Bericht über Versuche mit Schichtenanordnungen von Präparat 38 und Paraffin am Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Physik in Berlin-Dahlem.  G-93 (May 1941)
• Fritz Bopp, Erich Fischer, Werner Heisenberg, Carl-Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Karl Wirtz Untersuchungen mit neuen Schichtenanordnungen aus U-metall und Paraffin G-127 (March 1942)
• Robert Döpel Bericht über Unfälle beim Umgang mit Uranmetall G-135 (9 July 1942)
• Werner Heisenberg Bemerkungen zu dem geplanten halbtechnischen Versuch mit 1,5 to D₂O und 3 to 38-Metall G-161 (31 July 1942)
• Werner Heisenberg, Fritz Bopp, Erich Fischer, Carl-Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Karl Wirtz Messungen an Schichtenanordnungen aus 38-Metall und Paraffin G-162 (30 October 1942)
• Robert Döpel, K. Döpel, and Werner Heisenberg Der experimentelle Nachweis der effektiven Neutronenvermehrung in einem Kugel-Schichten-System aus D₂O und Uran-Metall G-136 (July 1942)
• Werner Heisenberg. Die Energiegewinnung aus der Atomkernspaltung.  G-217 (6 May 1943)
• Fritz Bopp, Walther Bothe, Erich Fischer, Erwin Fünfer, Werner Heisenberg, O. Ritter, and Karl Wirtz Bericht über einen Versuch mit 1.5 to D₂O und U und 40 cm Kohlerückstreumantel (B7) G-300 (3 January 1945)
• Robert Döpel, K. Döpel, and Werner Heisenberg Die Neutronenvermehrung in einem D₂O-38-Metallschichtensystem G-373 (March 1942)

Druge istraživačke publikacije

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• — (1924). „Über Stabilität und Turbulenz von Flüssigkeitsströmmen (Diss.)”. Annalen der Physik. 74 (4): 577—627. Bibcode:1924AnP...379..577H. doi:10.1002/andp.19243791502. 
• — (1924). „Über eine Abänderung der formalin Regeln der Quantentheorie beim Problem der anomalen Zeeman-Effekte”. Z. Phys. 26 (1): 291—307. Bibcode:1924ZPhy...26..291H. S2CID 186215582. doi:10.1007/BF01327336. 
• — (1925). „Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen”. Zeitschrift für Physik. 33 (1): 879—893. Bibcode:1925ZPhy...33..879H. S2CID 186238950. doi:10.1007/BF01328377.  The paper was received on 29 July 1925. [English translation in: van der Waerden 1968, 12 "Quantum-Theoretical Re-interpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations"] This is the first paper in the famous trilogy which launched the matrix mechanics formulation of quantum mechanics.
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• Born, M.; Heisenberg, W.; Jordan, P. (1926). „Zur Quantenmechanik II”. Zeitschrift für Physik. 35 (8–9): 557—615. Bibcode:1926ZPhy...35..557B. S2CID 186237037. doi:10.1007/BF01379806.  The paper was received on 16 November 1925. [English translation in: van der Waerden 1968, 15 "On Quantum Mechanics II"] This is the third paper in the famous trilogy which launched the matrix mechanics formulation of quantum mechanics.
• — (1927). „Über den anschaulichen Inhalt der quantentheoretischen Kinematik und Mechanik”. Z. Phys. 43 (3–4): 172—198. Bibcode:1927ZPhy...43..172H. S2CID 122763326. doi:10.1007/BF01397280. 
• — (1928). „Zur Theorie des Ferromagnetismus”. Z. Phys. 49 (9–10): 619—636. Bibcode:1928ZPhy...49..619H. S2CID 122524239. doi:10.1007/BF01328601. 
• —; Pauli, W. (1929). „Zur Quantendynamik der Wellenfelder”. Z. Phys. 56 (1): 1—61. Bibcode:1929ZPhy...56....1H. S2CID 121928597. doi:10.1007/BF01340129. 
• —; Pauli, W. (1930). „Zur Quantentheorie der Wellenfelder. II”. Z. Phys. 59 (3–4): 168—190. Bibcode:1930ZPhy...59..168H. S2CID 186219228. doi:10.1007/BF01341423. 
• — (1932). „Über den Bau der Atomkerne. I”. Z. Phys. 77 (1–2): 1—11. Bibcode:1932ZPhy...77....1H. S2CID 186218053. doi:10.1007/BF01342433. 
• — (1932). „Über den Bau der Atomkerne. II”. Z. Phys. 78 (3–4): 156—164. Bibcode:1932ZPhy...78..156H. S2CID 186221789. doi:10.1007/BF01337585. 
• — (1933). „Über den Bau der Atomkerne. III”. Z. Phys. 80 (9–10): 587—596. Bibcode:1933ZPhy...80..587H. S2CID 126422047. doi:10.1007/BF01335696. 
• — (1934). „Bemerkungen zur Diracschen Theorie des Positrons”. Zeitschrift für Physik. 90 (3–4): 209—231. Bibcode:1934ZPhy...90..209H. S2CID 186232913. doi:10.1007/BF01333516.  The author was cited as being at Leipzig. The paper was received on 21 June 1934.
• — (1936). „Über die 'Schauer' in der Kosmischen Strahlung”. Forsch. Fortscher. 12: 341—342. 
• —; Euler, H. (1936). „Folgerungen aus der Diracschen Theorie des Positrons”. Z. Phys. 98 (11–12): 714—732. Bibcode:1936ZPhy...98..714H. S2CID 120354480. doi:10.1007/BF01343663.  The authors were cited as being at Leipzig. The paper was received on 22 December 1935. A translation of this paper has been done by W. Korolevski and H. Kleinert: arXiv:physics/0605038v1.
• — (1936). „Zur Theorie der 'Schauer' in der Höhenstrahlung”. Z. Phys. 101 (9–10): 533—540. Bibcode:1936ZPhy..101..533H. S2CID 186215469. doi:10.1007/BF01349603. 
• — (1937). „Der Durchgang sehr energiereicher Korpuskeln durch den Atomkern”. Die Naturwissenschaften. 25 (46): 749—750. Bibcode:1937NW.....25..749H. S2CID 39613897. doi:10.1007/BF01789574. 
• — (1937). „Theoretische Untersuchungen zur Ultrastrahlung”. Verh. Dtsch. Phys. Ges. 18: 50. 
• — (1938). „Die Absorption der durchdringenden Komponente der Höhenstrahlung”. Annalen der Physik. 425 (7): 594—599. Bibcode:1938AnP...425..594H. doi:10.1002/andp.19384250705. 
• — (1938). „Der Durchgang sehr energiereicher Korpuskeln durch den Atomkern”. Nuovo Cimento. 15 (1): 31—34. Bibcode:1938NCim...15...31H. S2CID 123209538. doi:10.1007/BF02958314.  — (1938). „Der Durchgang sehr energiereicher Korpuskeln durch den Atomkern”. Verh. Dtsch. Phys. Ges. 19 (2). 
• — (1943). „Die beobachtbaren Grössen in der Theorie der Elementarteilchen. I”. Z. Phys. 120 (7–10): 513—538. Bibcode:1943ZPhy..120..513H. S2CID 120706757. doi:10.1007/BF01329800. 
• — (1943). „Die beobachtbaren Grössen in der Theorie der Elementarteilchen. II”. Z. Phys. 120 (11–12): 673—702. Bibcode:1943ZPhy..120..673H. S2CID 124531901. doi:10.1007/BF01336936. 
• — (1944). „Die beobachtbaren Grössen in der Theorie der Elementarteilchen. III”. Z. Phys. 123 (1–2): 93—112. Bibcode:1944ZPhy..123...93H. S2CID 123698415. doi:10.1007/BF01375146. 
• — (1947). „Zur Theorie der Supraleitung”. Forsch. Fortschr. 21/23: 243—244.  — (1947). „Zur Theorie der Supraleitung”. Z. Naturforsch. 2a (4): 185—201. Bibcode:1947ZNatA...2..185H. doi:10.1515/zna-1947-0401 . 
• — (1948). „Das elektrodynamische Verhalten der Supraleiter”. Z. Naturforsch. 3a (2): 65—75. Bibcode:1948ZNatA...3...65H. doi:10.1515/zna-1948-0201 . 
• —; von Laue, M. (1948). „Das Barlowsche Rad aus supraleitendem Material”. Z. Phys. 124 (7–12): 514—518. Bibcode:1948ZPhy..124..514H. S2CID 121271077. doi:10.1007/BF01668888. 
• — (1948). „Zur statistischen Theorie der Tubulenz”. Z. Phys. 124 (7–12): 628—657. Bibcode:1948ZPhy..124..628H. S2CID 186223726. doi:10.1007/BF01668899. 
• — (1948). „On the theory of statistical and isotropic turbulence”. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 195 (1042): 402—406. Bibcode:1948RSPSA.195..402H. doi:10.1098/rspa.1948.0127 . 
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• Jammer, Max (1966). The Conceptual Development of Quantum Mechanics. McGraw-Hill. 
• Junk, Robert (1958). Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: A personal history of the atomic scientists. Harcourt, Brace. 
• Kant, Horst Werner Heisenberg and the German Uranium Project / Otto Hahn and the Declarations of Mainau and Göttingen, Preprint 203 (Max-Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2002)
• Landsman, N.P. (jun 2002). „Getting even with Heisenberg” (PDF). Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 33 (2): 297—325. Bibcode:2002SHPMP..33..297L. doi:10.1016/S1355-2198(02)00015-1.  as PDF
• MacKinnon, Edward (1977). „Heisenberg, Models, and the Rise of Quantum Mechanics”. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences. 8: 137—188. JSTOR 27757370. doi:10.2307/27757370. 
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• Mehra, Jagdish; Rechenberg, Helmut (2001). Volume 1 Part 2 The Quantum Theory of Planck, Einstein, Bohr and Sommerfeld 1900–1925: Its Foundation and the Rise of Its Difficulties. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-95175-1. 
• Mehra, Jagdish; Rechenberg, Helmut (2001). Volume 3. The Formulation of Matrix Mechanics and Its Modifications 1925–1926. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-95177-5. 
• Mehra, Jagdish; Rechenberg, Helmut (2001). Volume 6. The Completion of Quantum Mechanics 1926–1941. Part 2. The Conceptual Completion and Extension of Quantum Mechanics 1932–1941. Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory 1942–1999. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-95086-0. 
• Mott, N.; Peierls, R. (novembar 1977). „Werner Heisenberg” (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 23: 213—251. S2CID 73128582. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1977.0009. 
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• Walker, Mark (1992). „Physics and propaganda: Werner Heisenberg's foreign lectures under National Socialism”. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences. 22 (2): 339—389. JSTOR 27757685. doi:10.2307/27757685. 
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• Dörries, Matthias Michael Frayn's 'Copenhagen' in Debate: Historical Essays and Documents on the 1941 Meeting Between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg (University of California, 2005)
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• Critical Resources: Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
• The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932
• Werner Heisenberg images
• About Werner Heisenberg
• „Annotated Bibliography for Werner Heisenberg”. Arhivirano iz originala 04. 08. 2010. g. CS1 održavanje: Nepodoban URL (veza) from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
• MacTutor Biography: Werner Karl HeisenbergArhivirano na sajtu Wayback Machine (2. maj 2012)
• „Heisenberg/Uncertainty”. Arhivirano iz originala 12. 11. 2012. g.  biographical exhibit by American Institute of Physics.
• „Key Participants: Werner Heisenberg”. Arhivirano iz originala 20. 09. 2012. g.  – Linus Pauling and the Nature of the Chemical Bond: A Documentary History
• Werner Heisenberg: Atomic Physics Mentorees
• „Oral history interview transcript with Werner Heisenberg”. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 16. 6. 1970. Arhivirano iz originala 26. 01. 2013. g. Pristupljeno 07. 05. 2019. 
• „Oral history interview transcript with Werner Heisenberg”. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 30. 11. 1962. Arhivirano iz originala 26. 01. 2013. g. Pristupljeno 07. 05. 2019. 
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