Josef Stefan (1835-1893) • Total energy radiated proportional to T4
Question: Suppose temperature raised from 300K (room temp) to 6000K (sun) By what factor does the energy radiated increase?
A. 16 B. 16,000 C. 90,000 D. 160,000
Josef Stefan (1835-1893) • Total energy radiated proportional to T4
Question: Suppose temperature raised from 300K (room temp) to 6000K (sun) By what factor does the energy radiated increase?
A. 16 B. 16,000 C. 90,000 D. 160,000 Answer: (6000/300)4 = 204=160,000
Question: Wavelength of emitted radiation (light) changes as objects get hotter.
• 1. Hotter -> Longer Wavelength • 2. Hotter -> Shorter Wavelength
Question: Wavelength of emitted radiation (light) changes as objects get hotter.
• 1. Hotter -> Longer Wavelength • 2. Hotter -> Shorter Wavelength
Steam Radiator 400K IR Very Hot Stove 900K Dull Red (transition to visable) Lava ~2000K Glowing (most radiation still in IR) Sun 6000K Most radiation visable
Wilhelm Wien
Wilhelm Wien (18643-1928) Nobel Prize 1911
Example of Black Body Spectra for different temperatures
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Below is a photo of three stars. The light emitted by these stars is thermal radiation. Which of these stars is the hottest? The coolest?
A. Red, yellow
B. Red, blue
C. Yellow, blue
D.Blue, red
E. Blue, yellow
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Below is a photo of three stars. The light emitted by these stars is thermal radiation. Which of these stars is the hottest? The coolest?
A. Red, yellow
B. Red, blue
C. Yellow, blue
D.Blue, red
E. Blue, yellow
Spectrum of high energy particle radiation from space does not follow a black body spectrum
Above 1020 eV Very low flux ~ 1 particle per km2/sr/century
GeV TeV PeV EeV ZeV 109 1012 1015 1018 1021 1 Joule
Cosmic Ray Flux
What is the best known example of a black body source?
What is the best known example of a black body source? Hint Temperature = 2.7 K
Astrophysical Journal, 473, 576
Cosmic Microwave Background (Radiation from Big Bang! T=2.725K. The theoretical curve obscures the data points and the error bars.
Black Body Radiation and
the experimental basis for Quantum Theory
What is the energy of a “quanta” of RED light? 660 nm wavelength in units of electron volts?
E=hν h=6.62x10-34 Js
What is the energy of a “quanta” of RED light? 660 nm wavelength in units of electron volts?
E=hν h=6.62x10-34 Js ν=c/λ=3x108m/s/660x10-9m =4.54x1014 s-1 E= 6.62x10-34Js x 4.54x1014 s-1 E= 3.01 x 10-19 J 1eV= 1.602 x10-19 J E=3.01x10-19J/1.602x10-19J/eV E=1.88 eV
What is the energy of a “quanta” of RED light? 660 nm wavelength in units of electron volts?
E=hν h=6.62x10-34 Js ν=c/λ=3x108m/s/660x10-9m =4.54x1014 s-1 E= 6.62x10-34Js x 4.54x1014 s-1 E= 3.01 x 10-19 J 1eV= 1.602 x10-19 J E=3.01x10-19J/1.602x10-19J/eV E=1.88 eV
What is the energy of a “quanta” of RED light? 660 nm wavelength in units of electron Volts
Easier Way to Solve this E=hc/λ hc=1240 eV nm (useful constant to remember) E=(1240/660)eV E= 1.88 eV
Question: What is the energy quantization of a grandfather clock?
Hint:
Question: What is the energy quantization of a grandfather clock?
Hint:
Question: What is the energy quantization of a grandfather clock?
Hint:
E=nhν for n=1, ν=1Hz=1s-1 E= 6.6x10-34J
How is the quantization realized?
E=nhν for n=1, ν=1Hz=1s-1 E= 6.6x10-34J
How does this quantization translate into quantization of the pendulum displacement (height)?
E=nhν for n=1, ν=1Hz=1s-1 E= 6.6x10-34J
How does this quantization translate into quantization of the pendulum displacement (height)?
E=nhν for n=1, ν=1Hz=1s-1 E= 6.6x10-34J
E=mgH=6.6x10-34J H=6.6x10-34J/(1kg 10m/s2)=6.6x10-35m
H
Too small to measure (size of an atom is about 10-8 m)