Planck: black-body radiation and energy elements

What changed

Gives the equilibrium black-body spectrum, using discrete energy elements in its statistical derivation.

Scientific scope

The cited black-body radiation account and discrete energy elements in Planck's 1900 treatment.

Evidence

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Contributors

• Max Planck · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.

• Planck, Ueber das Gesetz der Energieverteilung im Normalspectrum (1901)

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