What explanation for the photoelectric effect does not need photons?

Subject: What explanation for the photoelectric effect does not need photons?

Date: Mon Dec 2 06:16:05 2002
Posted by Ronaldo S. de Biasi
Grade level: teacher/prof School: Instituto Militar de Engenharia
City: Rio de Janeiro State/Province: RJ Country: Brazil
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1038827765.Ph

Message:


In page 958 of the sixth edition of Fundamentals of Physics, by D. Halliday, R. 
Resnick and J. Walker (John Wiley, 2001), it is stated that "in 1969 an 
alternative explanation for the photoelectric effect was found that did not 
need the concept of photons", but no reference is given. What is this 
alternative explanation? Where can I find more information about this subject?

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