Overview
Syllabus
Intro
How do hot objects emit light?
What is a blackbody?
Blackbody Absorption
The Jeans Cube
Ernst Pringsheim
Experimental Results
What were the known laws of physics?
Describing Waves
Adding Waves
Stationary Waves inside the cube
Applying the boundary conditions
What is the frequency density?
What are the allowed frequencies in 3d?
What is the density of states?
The equipartition of energy
So, how does this work for waves?
The Boltzmann Distribution
Putting it all together
In terms of wavelength...
What does this look like?
Enter Planck...
Energy is quantized...
What does this mean?
Comparing with experiment
The birth of quantum physics
Reflections
Taught by
Physics Explained