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blackbody
Idealized body that is capable of absorbing and emitting all forms of electromagnetic radiation, regardless of their wavelength. The thermal radiation emitted by such a body is governed by a set of especially simple laws, like Planck’s radiation law, the Stefan-Boltzmann law and Wien’s law.
Further Articles
Relativity and the Quantum / Elementary Tour part 1: Relativity in the micro-world
Spezielle Relativitätstheorie / Einsteiger-Tour Teil 3: Die Relativität von Raum und Zeit
Special relativity / Elementary Tour part 1: Relative to whom?
General relativity / Elementary Tour part 1: Einstein’s geometric gravity
Cosmology / Elementary Tour part 1: The expanding universe
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