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Leap from photon gas energy distribution to black body radiation?
I remember considering in class in college, the case of a photon gas trapped in a d-dimensional box as a subject of interest, whose energy distribution, heat capacity, etc. should be calculated.
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Classical blackbody radiation 'solution'
I never understood how the equipartition theorem was applied electromagnetic waves inside the metallic blackbody. As hyperphysics puts it ...
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Calculate temperature of the earth through blackbody radiation
I don't understand the solutions to a problem about blackbody radiation and was wondering if anybody could help me out.
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The sun can be considered as a blackbody radiation ...
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What are thermal energy distributions?
I am trying to understand the photoelectric-effect deeply. My teacher used the Planck's law and integrated it to deduce the Stefan-Boltzmann law. He somehow showed some quantum-physical ...
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Black body balloon in vacuum [closed]
The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
There is a perfectly spherical balloon with surface painted black. It is placed in a perfect vacuum. It is gently inflated with an ideal ...
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Polarisation directions in standing waves in cubical cavity
I was studying Rayleigh-Jean's formula. The author has assumed a cubical cavity of each side $L$ with perfectly reflecting surfaces. According to author, there are two perpendicular directions of ...
