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Detailed Balance Applied to Matter and Radiation

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1916

Albert Einstein1916

Berlin · Science / Physics

Einstein required upward and downward atomic transitions to balance in thermal equilibrium, using that condition to connect transition probabilities with the equilibrium radiation spectrum.

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Albert Einstein

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