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The ultraviolet catastrophe In this blog I mentioned the Rayleigh-Jeans law for blackbody radiation, which predicted that the energy density (energy per unit volume) of the radiation emitted by a b…

Derivation of the Rayleigh-Jeans law – part 1 | thecuriousastronomer Home About thecuriousastronomer Life, the Universe, and everything Feeds: Posts Comments Derivation of the Rayleigh-Jeans law – part 1 28/10/2013 by RhEvans The ultraviolet catastrophe In this blog I mentioned the Rayleigh-Jeans law for blackbody radiation, which predicted that the energy density (energy per unit volume) of the radiation emitted by a blackbody as a function of frequency varies as the square of the frequency. This was derived by Lord Rayleigh in 1900, and then more rigorously by Rayleigh and Sir Ja

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