How is one element capable of radiating (almost) every wavelength?
9645
What are the various physical mechanisms for energy transfer to the photon during blackbody emission?
58177
Why do lines in atomic spectra have thickness? (Bohr's Model)
50434
Understanding the diagrams of electromagnetic waves
121832
Why do electrons around nucleus radiate light according to classical physics
107458
How can the black body radiation formula be so general?
15767
Can a free particle absorb/emit photons?
22738
Is the electromagnetic spectrum discrete?
63513
What is the minimum wavelength of electromagnetic radiation?
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The limit of radio wave penetration
95550
Only one electron?
112605
Why does thermal radiation only occur at infrared and visible frequencies?
92204
Wavelength-dependent refractive index
32307
How can we interpret polarization and frequency when we are dealing with one single photon?
49692
Double Slit Experiment: How do scientists ensure that there's only one photon?
61729
If turning a perfectly monochromatic laser on for a finite time gives a frequency spread, where did the other frequency photons come from?
20412
Frequency of a photon
122405
Why does the refractive index depend on wavelength?