Can the Planck equation be derived by considering phonons?

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Austin Daniel
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As far as I understand, phonons are just thermal vibrations of atoms in a lattice and blackbody radiation is just the radiation emittied due to thermal oscillations accelerating the atoms back and forth. Is there any example of a derivation of the Planck equation from considering black body radiation as a combination of these two principles?
 
The phonons in a solid at thermal equilibrium follow the Plank distribution as well.
I don't see what are the "two principles" you mention in the OP.
The Plank distribution ca be derived from quantum statistical considerations, applied to bosons.