2.4.19 · D1 · Physics › Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics (Advanced) › Blackbody radiation from statistical mechanics — Planck dist
Intuition Ek hi idea jo sab kuch drive karta hai
Ek garam box isliye glowing karta hai kyunki uske andar chhoti-chhoti standing light-waves bhari hain, aur har wave ek chhota energy-storage bin hai jise heat bhar-na chahti hai. Poora topic bas itna hai — count karo kitne bins hain har pitch pe, aur heat unhe kitna bhar sakti hai — aur surprise yeh hai ki high-pitch bins bharne se mana kar dete hain jab tak heat ek poora "coin" ki energy na de.
Is parent note ki ek bhi line padhne se pehle, tumhe lagbhag ek dozen symbols aur ideas ki pakad chahiye. Neeche, har ek ko tabhi introduce kiya gaya hai jab usse pehle ke concepts aa chuke hain. Koi bhi cheez use nahi hoti jab tak ban na jaye.
Sab kuch ek cubic cavity ke andar hota hai — ek hollow metal box jiska side length L hai, walls garam hain, andar andhera. Light usme bounce karte rehti hai, trapped. Figure 1 box ko ek akele trapped wave ke saath dikhata hai.
L — box ki size
L cubic cavity ke ek edge ki length hai, metres mein measure ki gayi. Picture: ek shoebox. Kyun chahiye: box ka finite size hi light ko specific patterns mein force karta hai (agla section). Infinite box any wave allow karta; finite box choosy hai.
x , y , z — coordinate system
Box ko ek corner mein rakho taki ek vertex origin pe baithe. Tab x batata hai hum box mein left-right direction mein kitna andar hain, y depth direction, z up direction — har ek 0 (ek wall pe) se L (opposite wall pe) tak jaata hai. Picture: teen rulers jo box ke teen edges ke saath chipke hain, ek corner pe milte hue. Kyun chahiye: "wave walls pe zero honi chahiye" kehne ke liye pehle kahan walls hain yeh batana padega — walls x = 0 , L aur y = 0 , L aur z = 0 , L pe hain.
Definition Wave — ek wiggle jo travel karta hai
Light wave ek electric-aur-magnetic wiggle hai jo space mein move karti hai. Picture: rope pe ripples jab tum use hilate ho.
Ek pure wave ko do numbers describe karte hain:
λ (wavelength) — ek poori wiggle ki length
λ ("lambda") ek crest se agle crest tak ki distance hai, metres mein. Picture: rope ke do paas-paas humps ke beech ka gap. Kyun chahiye: yeh batata hai wave kitni "stretched out" hai.
ν (frequency) — wiggles per second
ν ("nu", ek Greek n) count karta hai kitni poori wiggles ek fixed point se har second guzarti hain, hertz mein measure ki gayi (Hz = 1/second). Picture: ek jagah khade raho aur naak se guzarne wale humps count karo per second. Kyun chahiye: frequency wave ki "pitch" ya "colour" hai — high ν = blue/UV, low ν = red/infrared. Poora topic yahi puchta hai ki box mein har frequency ki kitni light hoti hai.
Yeh dono speed of light se ek saath bandhe hain:
c — speed of light
c ≈ 3 × 1 0 8 m/s, woh speed jis par har light wave travel karti hai. Kyun chahiye: yeh wavelength aur frequency ko connect karta hai.
Agar ek wave do walls ke beech trapped hai, toh woh koi bhi wave nahi ho sakti. Use ek locked pattern mein "baith" jaana hoga jise standing wave kehte hain: dono walls pe fixed, beech mein sirf wiggle. Figure 2 pehle teen allowed patterns draw karta hai jaise guitar-string ke notes.
Intuition Kyun sirf kuch khaas waves fit hoti hain
Wall wave ko zero pe pin kar deti hai (ek wave wall ko khud nahi hila sakti). Figure 2 dekho: har curve dono walls pe zero hai, aur sirf whole numbers of half-humps fit hote hain. Ek half-hump fit hota hai, do hote hain, teen hote hain — lekin kabhi do-aur-thoda nahi. Yeh bilkul guitar string ke notes jaisa hai.
"Walls pe vanish karna zaroori hai" ko equation mein daalo. x -direction mein wave ki shape sin ( k x x ) hai, jahan k x (§3 mein poori definition) batata hai yeh kitni tightly wiggle karta hai. Yeh automatically x = 0 pe zero hai. Sirf extra demand yeh hai ki yeh door wali wall x = L pe bhi zero ho:
Woh whole number of half-wiggles woh jagah hai jahan integers count karna shuru hota hai:
n x , n y , n z — har axis pe kitne half-wiggles fit hote hain
Har ek positive whole number hai (1 , 2 , 3 , … ) jo standing wave ke half-humps count karta hai ek axis ke saath . Picture: 3D dots ki ek lattice, har dot ( n x , n y , n z ) = ek allowed wave pattern. Kyun chahiye: in dots ko count karna literally count karna hai ki box mein kitne light-modes hain. (Warning: combined radial number n baad mein §4 mein aayega — inhe mat confuse karo.)
Ek mode = ek specific allowed standing-wave pattern (n x , n y , n z ka ek choice, saath mein polarization ka ek choice — §5 mein define wiggle-orientation). Picture: lattice mein ek dot. Topic ke pehle aadhe hisse ka poora sawaal yahi hai: har frequency pe kitne modes hain?
Teen integers juggle karne ki jagah, physicists wave ki direction aur tightness ko ek single arrow mein bundle karte hain:
k (wavevector) aur ∣ k ∣ (iski length)
k ek arrow hai jo woh direction point karta hai jisme wave travel karti hai; iski length ∣ k ∣ = 2 π / λ batati hai wiggles kitni tightly packed hain (bada ∣ k ∣ = chhoti wave = high frequency). Upar chhota arrow ( ) ka matlab sirf yeh hai "yeh ek directioned quantity hai, plain number nahi." Iske teen components wahi k x , k y , k z hain jo humne abhi quantize kiye. Picture: ek arrow jiski length badhti hai jab wave bluer hoti jaati hai.
Modes count karne ke liye hum har allowed pattern ko ek dot ( n x , n y , n z ) ek grid mein plot karte hain. Figure 3 yeh lattice aur use count karne wala octant-sphere dikhata hai.
n — radial lattice-distance (ek NAYA symbol)
n ≡ n x 2 + n y 2 + n z 2
Yeh origin se dot ( n x , n y , n z ) tak ki seedhi-line distance hai, 3D mein Pythagoras se. Dhyan do: yeh n per-axis n x nahi hai; yeh teeno mein combined distance hai. Picture (Figure 3): corner se dot tak arrow ki length. Kyun chahiye: same wave-tightness ∣ k ∣ wale saare modes same distance n pe baithe hain, toh modes count karna = naapna ki hum kitna door gaye hain.
Intuition Kyun sphere ka ek-aathwan hissa
Kyunki teeno integers positive hain, isliye har dot uss corner mein rehta hai jahan n x , n y , n z > 0 — yeh space ke aath corners mein se ek hai (ek octant). Radial distance n tak ke saare modes radius n ki ball ke aathwen hisse mein fit hote hain. Toh count hai 8 1 × ( ball volume ) , yaani N ( n ) = 8 1 ⋅ 3 4 π n 3 = 6 π n 3 .
N ( n ) — modes ka running total
N ( n ) = un modes ki sankhya jinki radial lattice-distance n tak hai (upar define kiya). Picture: us eighth-ball ke andar kitne dots hain. Kyun chahiye: frequency ke saath iski rate of change exactly density of states g ( ν ) hai.
g ( ν ) ke andar do chhoti machinery chupi hai:
d ν — frequency ka ek bahut patla sliver
"d " ka matlab hai "infinitesimally small amount of." d ν itna patla frequency slice hai ki hum usme sab kuch ek hi pitch maan lete hain. Kyun chahiye: spectrum slice by slice define hota hai.
d ν d — derivative (rate of change)
d ν d [ ⋅ ] puchta hai: jaise ν thoda upar badhta hai, yeh quantity kitni tezi se badhti hai? Yeh tool kyun, koi aur nahi: N ( ν ) ν tak ke total modes hain; ek single slice mein modes paane ke liye growth rate chahiye — exactly wahi ek derivative compute karta hai. Picture: N -versus-ν curve ki steepness.
Definition Polarization — 2 ka factor
Har wavevector k ke saath do independent light-wiggle orientations hote hain (kaho horizontal aur vertical), jinhein polarizations kehte hain. Picture: wahi arrow, lekin field side-to-side ya up-down hil sakta hai. Kyun chahiye: mode count double karna isi liye hai ki g ( ν ) mein 8 ka factor aata hai, 4 nahi.
Ab hum g ( ν ) teen named moves mein build kar sakte hain. Pehle N ko frequency ke terms mein rewrite karo ∣ k ∣ = nπ / L = 2 π ν / c use karke, jo deta hai n = 2 Lν / c , toh N ( ν ) = 6 π ( c 2 Lν ) 3 = 3 c 3 4 π L 3 ν 3 .
V = L 3 — box ka volume
V cube ke andar space ki miqdar hai, V = L 3 cubic metres mein. Kyun chahiye: N ( ν ) poore box ke modes count karta hai, lekin hum per unit volume count chahte hain taki answer box ki size pe depend na kare. V = L 3 se divide karne par box size hat jaati hai — aur waqai mein L 3 cancel ho jaata hai, jaisa universal law ke liye hona chahiye.
g ( ν ) — density of states, words mein
g ( ν ) d ν = per unit volume kitne modes hain jinki frequency ν se ν + d ν ke patле slice mein hai. Picture: is pitch pe kitne bins tuned hain. Iski ν 2 growth ka matlab hai high-pitch bins bahut zyada hain.
Ab hum puchte hain ki har bin kitna bhar jaata hai. Yeh thermodynamics hai.
T — temperature, aur k B — Boltzmann's constant
T absolute temperature hai kelvin mein (ek "kitna garam" dial jo absolute zero se shuru hoti hai). k B ≈ 1.38 × 1 0 − 23 J/K ek chhota conversion factor hai jo temperature ko energy mein convert karta hai. Picture: k B T ek random thermal "kick" ki typical size hai. Kyun chahiye: k B T woh energy currency hai jo heat bins bharne mein kharchti hai. Dekho Equipartition theorem .
β = k B T 1 — inverse temperature
Ek shorthand: garam ⇒ chhota β , thanda ⇒ bada β . Kyun chahiye: yeh statistical-mechanics ke formulas ko cleaner banata hai; β woh natural knob hai jise partition function ghoomata hai.
e x — exponential function
e ≈ 2.718 ; e x smoothly apne aap se multiply karta rehta hai jaise x badhta hai aur apna khud ka rate of change hai. Yeh tool kyun: thermal physics mein probabilities e − energy / k B T ki tarah fall off hoti hain (Boltzmann factor ) — costly states exponentially rare hote hain. Yahi exponential baad mein ν 2 growth ko haata hai aur catastrophe theek karta hai. Picture: ek curve jo zero ki taraf kisi bhi power se zyada tezi se gir jaata hai jab x bada ho.
h — Planck's constant, aur h ν — ek energy coin
h ≈ 6.63 × 1 0 − 34 J·s. Frequency ν ka ek mode sirf h ν saiz ke whole coins mein energy gain ya lose kar sakta hai — kabhi fraction nahi. Picture: ek vending machine jo sirf exact coins leta hai; ek ν -mode ka coin h ν costa hai, toh blue modes ke coins mehnge hote hain. Kyun chahiye: yeh akela rule Planck ka poora fix hai. High-ν coins heat ke k B T kicks ke liye bahut mehnge hain kharidne ke liye, toh blue bins khaali rehte hain.
ϵ n = nh ν — ek mode ki allowed energies
ϵ ("epsilon") ek mode ki energy hai; yeh 0 , h ν , 2 h ν , … coins hold kar sakta hai. (Yahan n = 0 , 1 , 2 , … coins ki sankhya hai — letter n ka ek aur use, §2 aur §4 se alag; context tay karta hai kaun sa matlab hai.) Kyun chahiye: yeh discrete rungs (continuous ramp nahi) woh cheez hai jo classical equipartition todti hai.
∑ — "sab kuch add karo"
∑ n = 0 ∞ ka matlab hai "n = 0 se shuru karo, term add karo, n badhao, hamesha repeat karo." Picture: har possibility ko ek total mein stack karna.
Z — partition function
Z = ∑ n e − β ϵ n har energy rung ke Boltzmann weights add karta hai. Picture: "har state kitni reachable hai" ka ek grand tally. Kyun chahiye: yeh master bookkeeper hai — ek baar Z mile, average energy ek derivative se nikal aati hai. Dekho Partition function .
For our coin-ladder ϵ n = nh ν , writing x = β h ν turns the sum into a geometric series with ratio e − x < 1 :
Z = ∑ n = 0 ∞ e − n β h ν = ∑ n = 0 ∞ ( e − x ) n = 1 − e − x 1
⟨ ϵ ⟩ — average energy per mode
Angle brackets ⟨ ⟩ ka matlab hai "typical (average) value." ⟨ ϵ ⟩ batata hai temperature T pe ek bin on average kitna bhara hai. Kyun chahiye: yeh recipe ka "energy quantize karo" wala aadha hissa hai. g ( ν ) ke saath combine karke spectrum milta hai.
Figure 4 punchline dikhata hai: g ( ν ) ν 2 ki tarah climb karta hai, ⟨ ϵ ⟩ girta hai jab coins bahut mehnge ho jaate hain, aur unka product — spectrum — peak karke khatam hota hai.
Intuition Poora topic ek product mein
is pitch pe energy u ( ν ) d ν = kitne bins hain g ( ν ) × har bin kitna bhara hai ⟨ ϵ ⟩ × d ν
Har symbol upar isliye banaya gaya tha taki yeh line plain English ki tarah padhe. Figure 4 compare karo: dashed curve upar, dotted curve neeche, red product beech mein.
u ( ν , T ) — spectral energy density
u ( ν , T ) d ν = frequency slice [ ν , ν + d ν ] mein per unit volume light energy, temperature T pe. Picture: har colour pe glow-curve ki height (Figure 4 mein red curve). Yahi hai Planck distribution — parent note ke end mein trophy.
Standing waves fit the box
Wave: lambda and nu, c = lambda nu
Count dots in one octant N of n
Density of states g of nu
Divide by volume V = L cubed
Boltzmann factor e to the minus beta E
Planck distribution u of nu T
Cover the right side and answer aloud; reveal to check.
Box ki walls coordinates mein kahan hain? x = 0 , L ; y = 0 , L ; z = 0 , L pe — ek corner origin pe baithta hai.
ν ka kya matlab hai aur iska unit kya hai?Frequency — wiggles per second, hertz mein (1/s); yeh wave ka colour/pitch hai.
c , λ , ν ke beech wave relation likho.c = λ ν , toh ν = c / λ .
Boundary condition k x = n x π / L force kyun karta hai? Wave sin ( k x x ) ko x = L pe vanish karna hai, aur sin sirf π ke whole multiples pe zero hoti hai, toh k x L = n x π .
Ek "mode" kya hota hai? Ek specific allowed standing-wave pattern (ek
k aur ek polarization).
Yahan use hone wale n ke do meanings alag karo. Per-axis
n x , n y , n z = ek axis ke saath half-wiggles; radial
n = n x 2 + n y 2 + n z 2 = dot tak distance.
Hum modes ko sphere ke ek-aathwen hisse mein kyun count karte hain? Kyunki n x , n y , n z saare positive hain, toh saare dots ek hi octant mein hote hain.
N ( ν ) ko g ( ν ) mein badle wale teen moves kya hain?×2 (polarizations), ν mein differentiate karo (per-slice count), V = L 3 se divide karo (per unit volume).
Density of states likho. g ( ν ) = 8 π ν 2 / c 3 .
Boltzmann factor e − energy / k B T kya represent karta hai? Ek state ki relative likelihood; costly states exponentially rare hote hain.
"Energy coin" h ν kya hai? Woh sabse chhota energy lump jo frequency ν ka mode gain ya lose kar sakta hai; blue modes ke mehnge coins hote hain.
⟨ ϵ ⟩ = − ∂ ln Z / ∂ β kyun compute karte hain?Woh derivative automatically weighted average energy ∑ ϵ n e − β ϵ n / ∑ e − β ϵ n form karta hai.
Quantized mode ke liye ⟨ ϵ ⟩ likho. ⟨ ϵ ⟩ = h ν / ( e h ν / k B T − 1 ) .
Spectrum ke liye master product likho. u ( ν ) d ν = g ( ν ) ⟨ ϵ ⟩ d ν .
Prerequisite vault links: Density of states · Partition function · Equipartition theorem · Bose-Einstein statistics · Rayleigh-Jeans law · Wien's law · Stefan-Boltzmann law · parent pe wapas jaao → 2.4.19 Blackbody radiation from statistical mechanics — Planck distribution (Hinglish)