Article ID: CBB000470252

Paul Ehrenfest on the Necessity of Quanta (1911): Discontinuity, Quantization, Corpuscularity, and Adiabatic Invariance (2004)

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Our object in this paper is to study the antecedents, contents, implications, and impact of a not-well-known or appreciated paper by EHRENFEST in 1911 on the essential nature of the different quantum hypotheses in radiation theory. After a careful analysis of EHRENFEST's notebooks, correspondence, and publications, we conclude that the essential points of EHRENFEST's paper were not perceived to a large extent, and hence that its implications were not considered thoroughly. Specifically, we show that EHRENFEST contributed significantly to the clarifications of the differences between PLANCK's and EINSTEIN's respective quantum hypotheses, as well as to those of the concepts discontinuity, quantization, and corpuscularity.

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Authors & Contributors
Pérez, Enric
Blai Pié i Valls
Spałek, Józef
Weyl, Hermann
Sommer, Klaus P.
Scholz, Erhard
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Electromagnetic waves; radiation
Mathematical physics
Theoretical physics
Statistical mechanics
Time Periods
20th century, early
Institutions
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
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