The sun approximates an ideal blackbody radiator at a temperature of 5825 K. (a) By Wien's Law,
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The sun approximates an ideal blackbody radiator at a temperature of 5825 K.
(a) By Wien's Law, what is the peak wavelength of this distribution?
(b) What is the energy of a blackbody photon at this wavelength?
(c) Is this photon in the visible band of the electromagnetic spectrum and why or why not?
(d) The Cosmic Microwave Background has a nearly perfect blackbody spectrum with a temperature of 2.73 K. What is the peak blackbody wavelength?
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