Is it possible that photon energy depends on any other physical parameter except its frequency?
In this paper a detailed, rigorous mathematical analysis that confirms the Einstein’s hypothesis of the light quantum energy is presented. Moreover, the analysis shows that photon energy cannot be dependent on any other physical quantity but its frequency. In contrast to the Einstein’s thermodynamic...
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Published in | Optik (Stuttgart) Vol. 209; p. 164620 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier GmbH
01.05.2020
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Summary: | In this paper a detailed, rigorous mathematical analysis that confirms the Einstein’s hypothesis of the light quantum energy is presented. Moreover, the analysis shows that photon energy cannot be dependent on any other physical quantity but its frequency. In contrast to the Einstein’s thermodynamic approach to the black–body radiation and its analogy to the ideal gas, the presented analysis starts only from the assumption that the electromagnetic radiation is quantized. Relaying on the first principle and taking into account the Lorentz transformations properties it was found that photon energy is directly proportional only to the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation. |
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ISSN: | 0030-4026 1618-1336 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijleo.2020.164620 |