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● Momentum p = mv
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Blackbody radiation depends on
Blackbody Radiation
temperature
● A blackbody is an object which totally
absorbs all radiation that falls on it
● Any hot body radiates light over the wide
spectrum of frequencies. (examples: light
bulbs, stars.)
● Blackbody radiation is the specific pattern Plot of intensity of the blackbody
radiation versus frequency for
emitted by a heated blackbody. various temperatures
Plot of intensity of the
blackbody radiation versus
wavelength for various
temperatures
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● Experimentally determined to be
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Photoelectric effect: Photoelectric effect experiment
What is it?
Light falling on a
metallic surface can
the surface.
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When blue light is shone on the emitter plate, But for red light, no current flows in the circuit
a current flows in the circuit
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Einstein’s Explanation Everyday Evidence for Photons
(1905)
● Planck: Blackbody radiation demonstrates ● If a “light wave” can behave like a particle,
that matter emits light in discrete packets. can a particle of matter behave like a wave?
● Einstein: Photoelectric effect demonstrates
that matter absorbs light in discrete packets.
● Light may propagate as a wave, but it
behaves as a particle when it interacts with
matter (absorption and emission).
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Double-Slit Experiment Interference Pattern of Electrons
with electron gun
● Determines the
? probability of an
electron arriving at
acertain spot on the
screen
● After many
electrons, Electron interference pattern after
(a) 8 electrons, (b) 270 electrons,
resembles the inter- (c) 2000 electrons, and (d) 6000 e
ference pattern of
light
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