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Radiation Equilibrium Connects Quantum Events and Thermodynamics

Einstein united discrete atomic transitions with thermodynamic equilibrium, demonstrating that quantum absorption and emission rules could generate the observed black-body spectrum.

Albert Einstein in his Berlin office around 1920
Albert Einstein in his Berlin office, about 1920. Unknown photographer — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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Radiation Equilibrium Connects Quantum Events and Thermodynamics

1917 · Berlin · Germany · Physics

Einstein united discrete atomic transitions with thermodynamic equilibrium, demonstrating that quantum absorption and emission rules could generate the observed black-body spectrum.

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