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Supplies a concrete equilibrium thermal spectral model with explicit uncertain microscopic hypotheses, temperature/peak properties and experimentally testable limits.
Scientific scope
Supplies a concrete equilibrium thermal spectral model with explicit uncertain microscopic hypotheses, temperature/peak properties and experimentally testable limits. The historical exponential spectral proposal fits a limited radiation regime and is not the correct full spectrum in every temperature/frequency limit. Its assumptions and later experimental discrepancies are part of the record. Wien’s displacement law and Planck’s later spectral formula retain separate credit; this entry does not present the historical model as a modern universal law.
Evidence
Source-linked, scoped account of the original work. The published scope states the scientific assumptions and remaining verification limits. WRS has not independently certified the full proof, experimental result or system benchmark.
Contributors
- Wilhelm Wien · SCIENCE: Original source-listed scientific author of this scoped work; byline does not determine effort fractions.
- Wien, Ueber die Energievertheilung im Emissionsspectrum eines schwarzen Koerpers,1896
- Complete community transcription of Wien 1896, fixed oldid 4051018
- Planck, Ueber das Gesetz der Energieverteilung im Normalspectrum,1901, boundary comparison only
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