A STATISTICAL METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SOME PROPERTIES OF THE ATOM (∗)

“Un metodo statistico per la determinazione di alcune propriet`a dell’atomo,”Rend. Lincei6, 602–607 (1927)

 Enrico Fermi

 The purpose of this work is to show some results about the distribution ofelectrons in a heavy atom which can be obtained dealing with these electrons, giventheir great number, using a statistical method; or in other words, considering themas a gas formed by electrons surrounding the nucleus.

 

https://www.equipes.lps.u-psud.fr/Montambaux/histoire-physique/Fermi-1927-Thomas-Fermi.pdf 

http://ricerca.matfis.uniroma3.it//ipparco/pagine/deposito/2011/TF.pdf