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Planck’s radiation law Kirchhoff’s radiation law Stefan-Boltzmann law electromagnetic radiation luminescence photoelectric effect photovoltaic effect absorption pair production resonance Auger effect Planck’s constant Cherenkov radiation Poynting vector

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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