Question
The ultraviolet catastrophe is good evidence for the:
neither the wave nor the particle nature of quanta
both particle and wave nature of quanta
wave nature of quanta
particle nature of quanta
neither the wave nor the particle nature of quanta
both particle and wave nature of quanta
wave nature of quanta
particle nature of quanta
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The ultraviolet catastrophe is good evidence for the **particle nature of quanta**.
The ultraviolet catastrophe refers to a problem in classical physics where predictions of blackbody radiation led to infinite energy at ultraviolet wavelengths. This was resolved by Max Planck when he proposed that energy is quantized, leading to the development of quantum theory. Planck's hypothesis that energy is emitted in discrete packets or "quanta" (later termed photons) was crucial in explaining the observed spectrum of blackbody radiation and thus supports the particle nature of light and, more broadly, quantum phenomena.
The ultraviolet catastrophe refers to a problem in classical physics where predictions of blackbody radiation led to infinite energy at ultraviolet wavelengths. This was resolved by Max Planck when he proposed that energy is quantized, leading to the development of quantum theory. Planck's hypothesis that energy is emitted in discrete packets or "quanta" (later termed photons) was crucial in explaining the observed spectrum of blackbody radiation and thus supports the particle nature of light and, more broadly, quantum phenomena.