A PROPOSED PRINCIPLE OF THERMODYNAMICAL EQUILIBRIUM AND THE CLASSICAL-THEORY OF THE BLACK-BODY

In a previous paper, we developed a so-called fluctuation model for the inelastic collisional interactions governing molecular energy transfers. The model results in a procedure to be applied to the classical equations for energy transfer probabilities in order to obtain <<symmetrized>> expressions respecting the detailed balance principle. Since the procedure reveals some generality, we revisit in this paper the classical radiation problem, i.e. the interaction between the classical electromagnetic field and the black body. We propose a <<classical alternative>> to Planck's procedures. Based on the <<continum>> physics assisted by appropriate probabilistic postulates, our method seems able to take into account energy <<fluctuations>> DELTA-E and to result in the correct Bose-Einstein or Planck energy distributions for the radiation and the mechanical oscillator in thermodynamical equilibrium, inclusive of a zero-point energy term. We propose the procedures for consideration in this paper.