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Temperature and Luminosity of Stars: Wein's Law and the Stephan Boltzmann Law
Title
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Temperature and Luminosity of Stars: Wein's Law and the Stephan Boltzmann Law |
Description
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The goals of this activity are to understand thermal spectra, to understand Wien’s Law and the Stephan-Boltzmann Law, to understand how thermal spectra can be used to evaluate the temperature of a star and to understand how temperature and radius of a star determine a star’s luminosity |
Subject
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Astronomy |
Level
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Undergrad - Intro |
Type
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Lab |
Duration
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60 minutes |
Answers Included
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No |
Language
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English |
Keywords
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Stephan-Boltzmann Law. wavelength, Wein's Law, light intensity, stellar luminosity, stellar temperature, thermal spectrum |
Simulation(s)
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Blackbody Spectrum |
Author(s)
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Rhoda Berenson |
Contact Email
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rb143@nyu.edu |
School / Organization
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New York University |
Date submitted
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7/18/14 |
Date updated
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10/27/14 |