Selected Papers

I.E. Tamm is one of the great figures of 20th century physics and the mentor of the late A.D. Sakharov. Together with I.M. Frank, he received the Nobel Prize in 1958 for the explanation of the Cherenkov effect. This book contains a commented selection of his most important contributions to the physical literature and essays on his contemporaries - Mandelstam, Einstein, Landau, and Bohr - as well as his contributions to Pugwash conferences. About a third of the selections originally appeared in Russian and are, to our knowledge, for the first time now available to Western readers. This volume includes a preface by Sir Rudolf Peierls, a biography compiled by Tamm's former students, V.Ya. Frenkel and B.M. Bolotovskii, and a complete bibliography.

Igor Evgen’evich Tamm (1895–1971).- I Electrodynamics.- E.1 Coherent Visible Radiation of Fast Electrons Passing Through Matter.- E.2 Radiation Emitted by Uniformly Moving Electrons.- E.3 General Characteristics of Radiation Emitted by Systems Moving with Superlight Velocities with Some Applications to Plasma Physics.- II Quantum Mechanics and Solid State Physics.- Q.1 Über die Quantentheorie der molekularen Lichtzerstreuung in festen Körpern.- Q.2 Über eine mögliche Art der Elektronenbindung an Kristalloberflächen.- Q.3 Die verallgemeinerten Kugelfunktionen und die Wellenfunktionen eines Elektrons im Feld eines Magnetpoles.- Q.4 The Uncertainty Relation Between Energy and Time in Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics.- III Nuclei, Particles, Interactions.- N.1 Exchange Forces Between Neutrons and Protons, and Fermi’s Theory.- N.2 Nuclear Magnetic Moments and the Properties of the Neutron.- N.3 Über die Wechselwirkung der freien Elektronen mit der Strahlung nach der Diracschen Theorie des Elektrons und nach der Quantenelektrodynamik.- N.4 Relativistic Interaction of Elementary Particles.- N.5 The Energy Spectrum of Cascade Electrons.- IV Fundamental Problems.- F.1 On the Theory of Spin.- F.2 On the Curved Momentum Space.- V Atomic Physics.- A. Theory of a Magnetic Thermonuclear Reactor.- I: Properties of High Temperature Plasma in the Presence of a Magnetic Field.- II: By A.D. Sakharov.- III: Drift and Thermal Conductivity of a Plasma in a Toroid in the Presence of a Stabilizing Current.- VI Miscellaneous.- M.1 Basic Ideas of Faraday and Their Role in the Development of the Science of Electricity.- M.2 Einstein and Contemporary Physics.- M.3 Niels Bohr and Modern Physics.- M.4 On the Work of L. I. Mandelstam in Theoretical Physics.- M.5 L. D. Landau — Nobel Laureate 1962.- M.6 Theoretical Physics.- M.7 The Evolution of Quantum Theory.- M.8 Arms Race and Disarmament.- M.8.1 Danger of a Continued Arms Race.- M.8.2 Contribution to the Discussion on Disarmament.- M.8.3 A New Approach on the Test Ban Negotiations.