While the existence of the photoelectric effect can be understood within the framework of classical electromagnetic theory since it was known that there were electrons in metals and one could envisage them to be accelerated by absorption of radiation, the … Read More
Category: Quantum Physics
Articles on the study of matter and energy at the most fundamental level.
Black Body Radiation
When a body is heated, it seen to radiate; in equilibrium the light emitted ranges over the whole spectrum of frequencies v, with a spectral distribution that depend on the frequency or equivalently on the wavelength of light λ… Read More