Zero Point Energy: Planck Radiation Law
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1 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, Zero Point Energy: Planck Radiation Law August, 005 Abstract: The assumption of discrete radiation energy in Planck s 90 radiation law, conflicted with Planck s belief in radiation of continuous waves. To reconcile his quantum hypothesis with his conception of wave radiation, he avoided the conclusion that radiation energy must be made of particles, and postulated that radiation is a transition between the energy levels of an oscillator. Furthermore, ignoring the symmetry between emission and absorption, he maintained that the absorption of radiation energy is continuous. Under these assumptions, Planck derived in 9, a second radiation law in which zero point energy appears. We show that Planck s derivation of his 9 radiation law only recovers the Zero Point Energy that he unknowingly assumed in his model from the start. Furthermore, the distribution law of Planck s 9 radiation law is, in fact, the approximated Boson Statistics of Planck s 90 radiation law. Our main result is that Planck s ZPE radiation law is equivalent to the combined three assumptions of Zero Point Energy
2 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, Hypothesis, the Quantum Law, and the approximated Boson Statistics distribution law. The validity of Planck s 9 radiation law, and the existence of Planck s Zero Point Energy are doubtful. Introduction: In 89, Wien reasoned that the radiation-energy density per unit volume at frequencies between, and of an ideal radiator (black body) is u(, T ) d ( ) d. 4 c T Radiation measurements indicated to Wien that should be of the form with some constants C, and On the other hand, C T C e, C. u(, T) d N d, where N is the number of radiating oscillators (per unit volume) at frequencies between, and, and is the average radiation energy of an oscillator between these frequencies. Rayleigh computed N as the number of standing waves (per unit volume) in the modes between, and, 8 N d. c d The radiation energy of the oscillators Boltzman probability density is distributed with
3 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, f ( ), e where is determined from the condition that the total probability is. Rayleigh assumed that may take any value between 0, and. Then, the Boltzman distribution f ( ) is continuous. The condition determines 0 f ( ) d Thus,. ( ) 0 0. f d e d Consequently, the Rayleigh-Jeans 8, c u(, T ) disagrees with Wien s law, and with the measurements that u(, T ) 0 for large radiation frequencies. Wien s approximated law requires that will depend linearly on a, and the failure of the Rayleigh-Jeans argument suggests assuming that may take only discrete values h, h, h, That is,
4 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005,.,n nh Then, the Boltzman distribution f (, n ) is discrete, The condition determines Thus, h n f (, n ) e. n f ( ) v, n h e. The series n h, n (, n) ( ) n n f e nh e e h n nh. converges uniformly to differentiated term by term with respect to Therefore, e h, and can be. That is, d d e h h nh nh nh e e h h n d n d e ( e ). e h h h h ( e ) ( h ) e h e Then, Planck s 90 radiation law 8 u(, T ) c e h h fits the measurements better than Wien s law.. 4
5 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, The assumption of discrete radiation energy, conflicted with Planck s belief in radiation of continuous waves. To reconcile his quantum hypothesis with his conception of wave radiation, he avoided the conclusion that radiation energy must be made of particles, and postulated that radiation is a transition between the energy levels of an oscillator. Furthermore, ignoring the symmetry between emission and absorption, he maintained that the absorption of radiation energy is continuous. Under these assumptions, Planck derived a second radiation law in which zero point energy appears. We proceed to examine Planck s derivation of his 9 radiation law. How Planck obtained Zero point energy: Planck s 9 oscillator model assumes a probability p for the oscillator to radiate, and a probability q p to not radiate. He assumes energy of with probability p,, energy of with probability,, p p q,. energy of n with probability n p, n p,q,..,, Since... ( p p p q q...), we have,,, p q p p 5
6 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, p, n p, and p p q., n Therefore, the oscillator s average entropy is s k p ln p p ln p...,,,, kp p q p q q p q ln ln ln... kp ln p q q... ( kp q ln q ) q q... d ( kp ln p ) ( kp q ln q ) q q... q dq d ( kp ln p ) ( kp q ln q ) q dq q ( kp ln p ) ( kp q ln q ) q ( q ) p kln p k ln( p ) p p p p k ln p ln ln p p p p k ln ( )ln( ) p p p p, () The average radiation energy of an oscillator is 5 7 p, p, p, p,4... p q 5q 7 q... p q q q q q q d p q q q q... q dq 6
7 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, d p q p dq q p q p ( q ) ( p ) p p. () Therefore, s in terms of is s k ln ln. () Finally, using s, we obtain Planck s 9 radiation law: T e The Zero Point Energy of. (4) is the mid-energy that was assumed with probability p. Planck s derivation only recovers the ZPE that he assumed at the start. Characterization of Planck s 9 radiation law. The distribution law of Planck s 9 radiation law is, in fact, the approximated Boson Statistics of Planck s 90 radiation law. Planck s 90 model [ref. ], can be reworked to obtain his 9 law, provided that the approximated Boson statistics is assumed. 7
8 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, Our main result is that Planck s ZPE radiation law is equivalent to the combined assumptions of Zero point energy Hypothesis, the quantum law, and the approximated Boson Statistics distribution law. We prove: The Radiation Law of equation (4) e is equivalent to the three combined assumptions per mode in [, d ] ZPE Hypothesis: Each radiator has zero point energy Quantum Law: Energy is radiated in multiples of,, Approximated Bosons Statistics: P quanta can be distributed ( ) among N radiators in approximately W b g b g! P N N P! N! ways. Equation (4) mandates the quantum radiation law, because the negation of the quantum radiation law implies the negation of equation (4). Equation (4) implies zero point energy of /, since for T 0, /. We want to show that (4) implies the approximated bosons statistics assumption. From 8
9 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, we have That is, e e e, (5) k ln ln T. (6) s k ln ln. (7) Integrating (7), the average entropy of a radiator per mode in [, d ] s is k ln ln. (8) We assume P energy-quanta distributed between N radiators at frequency. Each of the radiators has zero point energy, included in his average radiation energy. Therefore, the balance of radiation energy at frequency is Substituting this into (8), s P N N. (9) P P P P k ln ln N N N N. (0) Therefore, the total entropy of the N radiators per mode in [, d ] is ( ) ln( ) ln ln ln. () S N s k P N P N N P P N N 9
10 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, Using Sterling s formula ln M! M ln M M, S k ln P N! P N ln N! N ln P! P N P N! k ln P! N!. () That is, the P quanta can be distributed among the N radiators in ways. W N P N! P! N! () As Planck comments [ref.], equation () approximates well the formula ( ) W N P P N N!!! of the bosons statistics. Conversely, assume P quanta of energy, that are distributed between N radiators at frequency in W N P N! N! P! ways. The average entropy of a radiator per mode in [, d ] is P! N s kln kln P N! ln N! ln P! N N! P! N Using Sterling s formula ln M! M ln M M, k( P N )ln( P N ) N ln N P ln P N k( P N ) ln( P N ) ln N P ln P ln N N 0
11 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, P P P P k ln ln N N N N which is equation (0). Assuming zero point energy we obtain the balance equation (9), P N N. for each of the radiators, Plugging (9) into (0), we obtain equation (8). Differentiating (8) with respect to we get (7), from which we conclude (6), and (5), which is Planck s radiation law with ZPE. Doubts over ZPE in the Radiation Law. Comparing equations () and (4), we have That is, p e p. e. Consequently, at large frequencies Planck s ZPE is assumed to be present almost certainly. This casts uncertainty on the validity of Planck s Zero Point Energy. The energy density of Planck s 90 radiation law yields total energy density
12 Gauge Institute Journal Vol. No, August 005, 8 h 8 u( T ) u(, T ) d d ( ) e 5 4 h c 5( hc) 0 0, which is Stephan-Boltzman radiation law. The addition of Zero Point Energy of h in Planck s 9 radiation law, adds to the total energy density 8 c ( ) 0 h d. This consequence of Planck s 9 radiation law has been given names such as photon self-energy, vacuum polarization, vacuum fluctuations, and mass renormalization, but no-one understands what unobservable infinite zero point energy means. Consequently, the validity of Planck s 9 radiation law, and the existence of Planck s Zero Point Energy are doubtful. REFERENCES. Planck, M.. {Annalen der physik 7 (9):p.64}.. Planck, M. The Theory of Heat Radiation, Dover Planck, M. On the theory of the law of the distribution of energy in the normal spectrum {Annalen der physik 4 (90):p.55}. 4. Planck s Original Papers in Quantum Physics, Wiley, Planck, M. {Verh.d. Deutsch. Physikal Gesellschaft, (900);p.0}. #5 in Early Concepts of Energy in Atomic Physics, Dowden, 979
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