Why Can't Stefan-Boltzmann Law Be Explained in Classical Mechanics?

[Lavace]

I've looked all over the internet, and can't find a decent explanation.

Could someone please explain why the stefan-boltzmann radiation law of I = oT^4 be explained in classical mechanics rather then quantum?

It's urgent, sorry to be pushy.

Cheers.

 

[Andrew Mason]

I've looked all over the internet, and can't find a decent explanation.

Could someone please explain why the stefan-boltzmann radiation law of I = oT^4 (can't) be explained in classical mechanics rather then quantum?

It can and was. Stefan deduced the rule in 1879 and Boltzmann provided a formal derivation a few years later. This was long before quantum physics.

AM

 

[sylas]

I've looked all over the internet, and can't find a decent explanation.

Could someone please explain why the stefan-boltzmann radiation law of I = oT^4 be explained in classical mechanics rather then quantum?

It's urgent, sorry to be pushy.

Cheers.

This sounds like a reference to the "ultraviolet catastrophe".

As Andrew points out, the proportionality with T⁴ was derived in classical physics; but there was a problem in trying to find the energy at different frequencies, and this was resolved by having quantized energy. The link above may help.