Permanent historical factsheet

Radiation Drag on Moving Oscillator Derived

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

1Records
1910Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1910

Albert Einstein1910

Zurich · Science / Physics

In the Einstein-Hopff treatment, motion through a thermal radiation field produced a friction-like drag on an oscillator, linking electromagnetic fluctuations with Brownian-style dynamics.

Names involved

Albert Einstein

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.