Re: Einstein's thoughts on particle nature of light


"Eugene Stefanovich" <eugenev@.com>:
> gsax wrote:

> > My question is ... how did Einstein suggest that light was made up of
> > particles, while knowing that the particle theory fails to explain
> > interference?
>
> I think Einstein understood quite well the troubles of explaining
> the interference in the language of particles. Nevertheless, he advanced
> the idea of photons, because it was the only plausible explanation of
> the photoeffect.

Somewhere I read Einstein proposed the intensity of the
electromagnetical field could be interpreted as the
probability to find a photon to explain interference
(yes, even before modern QM) but I've been unable to
verity that. Can someone confirm this?

Javier Bezos
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