"ATOMISM" OF ENERGY

Astrit DENAJ, Valbona TAHIRI, Jorgo MANDILI

Abstract

This paper presents and explains to the reader the basic difficulties that classical physics faced when it extended into the area of the microscopic world. These difficulties arose when were made the first attempts to understand and explain the mechanism of interaction between matter and radiation. This interaction, according to classical physics, was imagined as a continuous process, while modern physics supports the discrete idea of interaction between matter and radiation. According to modern physics, the process of emission and absorption, i.e. the exchange of action between matter and radiation is carried out with minimal portions of energy, with quanta, which are proportional to the frequency of the radiation: E = hν. The proportionality coefficient "h" has the dimensions of action: Energy × time. This new universal constant - the quantum of action - not only revised the classical concepts but also solved a series of problems of the atomic world, where classical physics was "blocked". The solution to these problems, which led to the birth of a new theory - quantum physics - convincingly proved the great heuristic value of Max Planck’s hypothesis.

Pages: 21 - 31