PHZ3400-09 Problem Set 1: Difference between revisions
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1. a) Briefly Describe how the study of blackbody radiation led to Planck’s quantum hypothesis. | 1.a) Briefly Describe how the study of blackbody radiation led to Planck’s quantum hypothesis. | ||
b) Derive Wien’s law from Planck’s radiation formula. | |||
c) Derive the Stefan-Boltzmann law from Planck’s radiation formula. | 1.b) Derive Wien’s law from Planck’s radiation formula. | ||
1.c) Derive the Stefan-Boltzmann law from Planck’s radiation formula. | |||
Use: <math>\int_o^{\infty}[x^3 /[e^x -1] dx = \pi^4 /15.</math> |
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1.a) Briefly Describe how the study of blackbody radiation led to Planck’s quantum hypothesis.
1.b) Derive Wien’s law from Planck’s radiation formula.
1.c) Derive the Stefan-Boltzmann law from Planck’s radiation formula.
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