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On the fluctuation of black-body radiation

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Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)

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A misleading argument in Einstein’s dualistic wave-particle interpretation of the fluctuations of black-body radiation is analysed. It is shown that dualism in the sense that black-body radiation has in general as well wave and particle properties does not exist.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik I, Weastfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, D-4400, Münster, Germany

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Bach, A. On the fluctuation of black-body radiation. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 42, 443–446 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02749452

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