On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum

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"On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum" is Max Planck’s groundbreaking 1900 paper that introduced the concept of energy quantization and laid the foundations of quantum theory.

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instanceOf physics paper ⓘ
scientific paper ⓘ
addressesProblem ultraviolet catastrophe ⓘ
author Max Planck ⓘ
authorAffiliation University of Berlin ⓘ
authorCitizenship German ⓘ
citedAs Planck 1900 paper ⓘ
countryOfPublication German Empire ⓘ
era Old Quantum Theory ⓘ
field physics ⓘ
quantum physics ⓘ
statistical mechanics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
thermodynamics ⓘ
hasImpactOn modern physics ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational work of quantum theory ⓘ
marked birth of quantum hypothesis ⓘ
influenced Albert Einstein's work on the photoelectric effect ⓘ
Niels Bohr's atomic model ⓘ
development of quantum mechanics ⓘ
introducedConcept Planck constant ⓘ
Planck radiation law ⓘ
energy quantization ⓘ
introducedConstantSymbol h ⓘ
keyResult derived formula for spectral energy density matching experiments ⓘ
reconciled Wien and Rayleigh-Jeans laws in one expression ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainSubject Planck radiation law ⓘ
black-body radiation ⓘ
energy distribution ⓘ
quantization of energy ⓘ
spectral energy density ⓘ
mathematicalFormulation E = hν ⓘ
originalTitle Zur Theorie des Gesetzes der Energieverteilung im Normalspektrum ⓘ
proposedHypothesis oscillators exchange energy in discrete quanta ⓘ
publicationDate 1900-12-14 ⓘ
publicationYear 1900 ⓘ
publishedIn Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ⓘ
relatedTo black-body radiation problem ⓘ
relatedWork On the Theory of the Law of Energy Distribution in the Normal Spectrum ⓘ
statesThat energy of an oscillator is proportional to frequency ⓘ
timePeriod turn of the 20th century ⓘ
topic entropy and radiation ⓘ
spectral distribution of black-body radiation ⓘ
usesMethod statistical arguments ⓘ
thermodynamic reasoning ⓘ

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Max Planck → notableWork → On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum ⓘ
Bohr model of the atom → influencedBy → Planck’s quantum hypothesis ⓘ
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Max Planck → notableWork → On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum ⓘ
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On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum → originalTitle → Zur Theorie des Gesetzes der Energieverteilung im Normalspektrum ⓘ
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On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum → citedAs → Planck 1900 paper ⓘ
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On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum → relatedWork → On the Theory of the Law of Energy Distribution in the Normal Spectrum ⓘ
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