Tag: Planck's Constant

  • Ultraviolet Catastrophe

    Introduction The Ultraviolet Catastrophe refers to a historical paradox in the theory of radiation of heated objects. This paradox resulted from the contradiction between the classical physics laws and experimental observations related to black body radiation at the end of the 19th century. Classical Predictions and the Problem According to the classical theory of electromagnetic…

  • Planck’s Constant

    Introduction Planck’s constant, denoted by , is a fundamental constant of nature that plays a central role in the theory of quantum mechanics. It is named after the German physicist Max Planck, who first proposed its existence. Planck’s constant is a measure of the granularity of the physical world at the microscopic level, and it…