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| − | It is shown that Planck's energy distribution for a black-body radiation field can be simply derived for a gas-like ether with Maxwellian statistics. The gas consists of an infinite variety of particles, whose masses are integral multiples n of the mass of the unit particle, the abundance of n-particles being proportional to n<sup>-4</sup>. The frequency of electromagnetic waves correlates with the energy per unit mass of the particles, not with their energy, thus differing from Planck's quantum hypothesis. Identifying the special wave-speed, usually called the speed of light, with the wave-speed in the 2.7<sup>o</sup>K background radiation field, leads to a mass 1/2 ? 10<sup>-39 </sup>(kg) for the unit ether-particle, and an average number of about 360 ether particles per cubic centimetre in the background radiation field, whose density is about 0.2 ? 10<sup>-30 </sup>(kg)/m<sup>3</sup>. | + | It is shown that Planck's energy distribution for a black-body radiation field can be simply derived for a gas-like ether with Maxwellian statistics. The gas consists of an infinite variety of particles, whose masses are integral multiples n of the mass of the unit particle, the abundance of n-particles being proportional to n<sup>-4</sup>. The frequency of electromagnetic waves correlates with the energy per unit mass of the particles, not with their energy, thus differing from Planck's quantum hypothesis. Identifying the special wave-speed, usually called the speed of light, with the wave-speed in the 2.7<sup>o</sup>K background radiation field, leads to a mass 1/2 ? 10<sup>-39 </sup>(kg) for the unit ether-particle, and an average number of about 360 ether particles per cubic centimetre in the background radiation field, whose density is about 0.2 ? 10<sup>-30 </sup>(kg)/m<sup>3</sup>. |
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| Scientific Paper | |
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| Title | The Kinetic Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation |
| Author(s) | Charles Kenneth Thornhill |
| Keywords | {{{keywords}}} |
| Published | 1983 |
| Journal | Speculations in Science and Technology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 263?272 |
Abstract
It is shown that Planck's energy distribution for a black-body radiation field can be simply derived for a gas-like ether with Maxwellian statistics. The gas consists of an infinite variety of particles, whose masses are integral multiples n of the mass of the unit particle, the abundance of n-particles being proportional to n-4. The frequency of electromagnetic waves correlates with the energy per unit mass of the particles, not with their energy, thus differing from Planck's quantum hypothesis. Identifying the special wave-speed, usually called the speed of light, with the wave-speed in the 2.7oK background radiation field, leads to a mass 1/2 ? 10-39 (kg) for the unit ether-particle, and an average number of about 360 ether particles per cubic centimetre in the background radiation field, whose density is about 0.2 ? 10-30 (kg)/m3.
