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BKS Statistical Conservation Challenged by Photon Picture

Einstein continued to favour exact energy and momentum conservation in individual radiation processes rather than the merely statistical conservation proposed by the Bohr-Kramers-Slater approach.

Albert Einstein in a 1912 portrait
Albert Einstein, 1912. Photograph by J. F. Langhans — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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BKS Statistical Conservation Challenged by Photon Picture

1925 · Berlin · Germany · Physics

Einstein continued to favour exact energy and momentum conservation in individual radiation processes rather than the merely statistical conservation proposed by the Bohr-Kramers-Slater approach.