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Einstein-Hopff Thermal Radiation Model Developed

Einstein and Ludwig Hopf analysed a moving oscillator interacting with random thermal radiation to investigate the conditions required for matter and radiation to reach statistical equilibrium.

Albert Einstein photographed in Princeton in 1947
Albert Einstein, Princeton, 1947. Photograph by Oren Jack Turner; Library of Congress image with no known restrictions. Wikimedia Commons source.
Year 1910ZurichPhysics

Einstein-Hopff Thermal Radiation Model Developed

1910 · Zurich · Switzerland · Physics

Einstein and Ludwig Hopf analysed a moving oscillator interacting with random thermal radiation to investigate the conditions required for matter and radiation to reach statistical equilibrium.