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Communicated by R. Stuewer
The following abbreviations are used: Ann. d. Phys., Annalen der Physik; HSPS, Historical Studies in the Physical (and Biological) Sciences; Naturwiss., Naturwissenschaften; NBCW, N. Bohr, Collected Works Vol. 5, The Emergence of Quantum Mechanics (Mainly 1924–1926), ed. Klaus Stolzenburg (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1984) and Vol. 8, The Penetration of Charged Particles Through Matter (1912–1954), ed. J. Thorsen (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1987); PB, W. Pauli, Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg u. a. Vol. 1, eds. A. Hermann, K. V. Meyenn, & V. F. Weisskopf (Berlin: Springer, 1979); Phil. Mag., The Philosophical Magazine; Phys. Rev., The Physical Review; Phys. Zs., Physikalische Zeitschrift; Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London; Zs. f. Phys., Zeitschrift fur Physik.
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Im, G.S. Experimental constraints on formal quantum mechanics: The emergence of Born's quantum theory of collision processes in Göttingen, 1924–1927. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 50, 73–101 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00375790
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