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We trace the historical appearance of Planck's constant in physics, and we note that initially the constant did not appear in connection with quanta. Furthermore, we emphasize that Planck's constant can appear in both classical and quantum…

General Physics · Physics 2018-04-10 Timothy H. Boyer

This letter explores how a reinterpretation of the generalized uncertainty principle as an effective variation of Planck's constant provides a physical explanation for a number of fundamental quantities and couplings. In this context, a…

General Physics · Physics 2024-09-02 Ahmed Farag Ali , Jonas Mureika , Elias C. Vagenas , Ibrahim Elmashad

In the present work we suggest a non-local generalization of quantum theory which include quantum theory as a particular case. On the basis of the idea, that Planck constant is an adiabatic invariant of the free/coupled electromagnetic…

General Physics · Physics 2016-04-15 A. Lipovka

We point out that current textbooks of modern physics are a century out-of-date in their treatment of blackbody radiation within classical physics. Relativistic classical electrodynamics including classical electromagnetic zero-point…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-06-22 Timothy H. Boyer

It is well known that, due to the uncertainty principle, the Planck constant sets a resolution boundary in phase space and the resulting trade-off in resolution between incompatible measurements has been thoroughly investigated. It is also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-08 Oleg Kabernik

The discovery of the Planck's relation is generally regarded as the starting point of quantum physics. The Planck's constant h is now regarded as one of the most important universal constants. The physical nature of h, however, has not been…

General Physics · Physics 2017-06-15 Donald C. Chang

Motivated by the Dirac idea that fundamental constant are dynamical variables and by conjectures on quantum structure of spacetime at small distances, we consider the possibility that Planck constant $\hbar$ is a time depending quantity,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-16 Gianpiero Mangano , Fedele Lizzi , Alberto Porzio

Although Planck's constant h is currently regarded as the elementary quantum of action appearing in quantum theory, it can also be interpreted as the multiplicative scale factor setting the scale of classical zero-point radiation appearing…

Classical Physics · Physics 2013-01-28 Timothy H. Boyer

Electromagnetism is a \textit{relativistic} theory and one must exercise care in coupling this theory with \textit{nonrelativistic} classical mechanics and with \textit{nonrelativistic} classical statistical mechanics. Indeed historically,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-10-06 Timothy H. Boyer

The Planck constant $h$ is one of the most significant constants in quantum physics. Recently, the precision measurement of the numeral value of $h$ has been a hot issue due to its important role in establishment for both a new SI and a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 Shisong Li , Zhonghua Zhang , Wei Zhao , Zhengkun Li , Songling Huang

The Planck constant, with its mathematical symbol $h$, is a fundamental constant in quantum mechanics that is associated with the quantization of light and matter. It is also of fundamental importance to metrology, such as the definition of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-27 Jianwei Huang , Dingsong Wu , Yongqing Cai , Yu Xu , Cong Li , Qiang Gao , Lin Zhao , Guodong Liu , Zuyan Xu , X. J. Zhou

Traditionally, the Planck constant $h$ makes its debut appearance in quantum physics textbooks in the context of the blackbody radiation law and subsequently as a fundamental ingredient of the physics of the photoelectric effect and the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2026-03-05 Kostas Glampedakis

The blackbody theory of Planck played a seminal role in the development of quantum theory at the turn of the past century. A blackbody cavity is generally thought to be a collection of photons in thermal equilibrium; the radiation emitted…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-11-27 Sudip Chakravarty , Per Kraus

Planck's constant was introduced as a fundamental scale in the early history of quantum mechanics. We find a modern approach where Planck's constant is absent: it is unobservable except as a constant of human convention. Despite long…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-03-27 John P. Ralston

In this paper the Planck function is derived in the frequency domain using the method of oscillators. It is also presented in the wavelength domain and in the wave number domain. The latter is mainly used in spectroscopy for studying…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2009-11-12 Gerhard Kramm , Nicole Mölders

The blackbody radiation problem within classical physics is reviewed. It is again suggested that conformal symmetry is the crucial unrecognized aspect, and that only scattering by classical electromagnetic systems will provide equilibrium…

Classical Physics · Physics 2010-05-17 Timothy H. Boyer

An attempt to explain with the classical stands a number of statements of the quantum mechanics has been done. At this the Plank constant appears as consequence of demand of nucleon stability. Proton can be imagined as a rotating disk which…

General Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 L. A. Pobedonostsev

The idea about a quantum nature of Planck's blackbody radiation law is deeply rooted in minds of most physicists. Einstein's work, in which the coefficients of spontaneous and induced emission were introduced, has always been regarded as a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 O. A. Senatchin

In this work, it is demonstrated that there is an additional origin of the electric potential energy of an electron orbiting a nuclei that can be, alternatively to that associated to the elementary `static' charge of the electron as…

General Physics · Physics 2023-03-02 Paulo Roberto Bueno

We propose that whatever quantity controls the Heisenberg uncertainty relations (for a given complementary pair of observables) it should be identified with an effective Planck parameter. With this definition it is not difficult to find…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 John D. Barrow , Joao Magueijo
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