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Thermodynamic analysis of the equilibrium of electromagnetic radiation leads to important results. We consider a closed cavity containing a vacuum. Such a cavity can be represented, for example, as a cylinder with a movable piston. The inside of the cavity is a perfect blackbody at a temperature T. This perfect blackbody radiates into the cavity; consequently the cavity has a certain energy. We assume that the sides of the cylinder and the piston are made from completely reflecting material (this assumption is made to simplify the calculations — it permits us to neglect heat exchange with the walls of the cavity).
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Sychev, V.V. (1973). Radiation. In: Complex Thermodynamic Systems. Studies in Soviet Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1605-3_9
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