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Blackbody radiation

The radiation has a specific spectrum and intensity that depends only on the temperature

Classical physics (light is a wave) cannot explain the UV section on this distribution: this is called the UV catastrophe.

However, Planck and others showed they could match the model with particle theory, which provides more evidence for wave-particle duality.

i.e. Blackbody can be explained by light acting as a photon.