caa a22 4500 467906386 CHVBK 20180406152835.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10701-006-9067-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10701-006-9067-7 Majorana: From Atomic and Molecular, to Nuclear Physics [Elektronische Daten] [R. Pucci, G. Angilella] In the centennial of Ettore Majorana's birth (1906-1938?), we re-examine some aspects of his fundamental scientific production in atomic and molecular physics, including a not well known short communication. There, Majorana critically discusses Fermi's solution of the celebrated Thomas-Fermi equation for electron screening in atoms and positive ions. We argue that some of Majorana's seminal contributions in molecular physics already prelude to the idea of exchange interactions (or Heisenberg-Majorana forces) in his later works on theoretical nuclear physics. In all his papers, he tended to emphasize the symmetries at the basis of a physical problem, as well as the limitations, rather than the advantages, of the approximations of the method employed. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Ettore Majorana nationallicence Enrico Fermi nationallicence Thomas-Fermi model nationallicence exchange interactions nationallicence atomic and molecular models nationallicence neutron nationallicence Pucci R. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, and CNISM, UdR Catania, and INFN, Sez. Catania, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95129, Catania, Italy aut Angilella G. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, and CNISM, UdR Catania, and INFN, Sez. Catania, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95129, Catania, Italy aut Foundations of Physics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/10(2006-10-01), 1554-1572 0015-9018 36:10<1554 2006 36 10701 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-006-9067-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-006-9067-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pucci R. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, and CNISM, UdR Catania, and INFN, Sez. Catania, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95129, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Angilella G. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, and CNISM, UdR Catania, and INFN, Sez. Catania, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95129, Catania, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Foundations of Physics Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/10(2006-10-01), 1554-1572 0015-9018 36:10<1554 2006 36 10701 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer