why does photoelectric emission occur only when there is a certain threshold frequency of incident radiation?
According to the particle theory of light, hf=φ+KEmax, so along with the minimum amount of energy required, there is a minimum frequency as well, φ= hfo. Thus, the incident photon must have a frequency higher than fo for photoelectric emmision to occur.
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