Illuminating the blackbody

被引：7
作者：
Lehoucq, Roland [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Paris Diderot, Lab AIM Paris Saclay, CEA DSM Irfu, CNRS,CE Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
来源：
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2011年 / 32卷 / 06期
关键词：
PHOTON MASS; DIMENSIONS; RADIATION; NEUTRINO; HOLE; CONSTRAINTS; EMISSION; SPECTRA; PHYSICS; LIGHT;
D O I：
10.1088/0143-0807/32/6/005
中图分类号：
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号：
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要：
The blackbody is one of the first topics the students face at the beginning of their studies on modern physics. The usual framework supposes that a blackbody emits radiation in a 3D space in the form of massless bosons (photons). This paper investigates the blackbody radiation in a more general context in order to discuss the physical hypotheses underlying it. After exposing in a nutshell standard calculations about blackbody radiation, this paper investigates the influence of a non-zero photon mass and of the dimensionality of space on the blackbody radiation. It also discusses the possibility of a fermion-emitting blackbody. The aim of this paper is mainly pedagogical because experimental evidence points towards amassless photon propagating in a 3Dspace: exploring hypothetical worlds can help better understand our world.
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页码：1495 / 1514
页数：20
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