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Radiation Pressure Fluctuations Analyzed

Einstein studied statistical fluctuations in radiation pressure and used them to expose both continuous-wave and discrete-quantum aspects of thermal radiation.

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 1909ZurichPhysics

Radiation Pressure Fluctuations Analyzed

1909 · Zurich · Switzerland · Physics

Einstein studied statistical fluctuations in radiation pressure and used them to expose both continuous-wave and discrete-quantum aspects of thermal radiation.

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