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Exploring Space & Planetary Defense High School & University
Black Body Radiation and What the Stars Tell Us
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Course Overview
Blackbody Radiation and the Stars
Helpful Pre-requisite project: Electromagnetic Waves
This module is a summary of the relation between temperature, energy, and the light emitted by the objects we see in the universe.
Index:
- Introduction
Announcements - Introduction to Blackbody Radiation – What the Stars tell us
- 1. Intro to Thermal Radiation and Blackbodies
- 2. What does Temperature Mean?
- 3. The Characteristics of a “Blackbody” and Blackbody Curves
- 4. Wien’s Law for a Blackbody
- 5. Stefan-Boltzmann Law
- 6. The Ultraviolet Catastrophe and the Dual Nature of Light
- Reflection and Course Feedback
- Send a Postcard to Space!
