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What is the Q of a Blackbody? A small contribution to Gustav Robert Kirchhoff's bicentennial

Authors :
Ballato, Arthur
Ballato, John
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The blackbody spectrum "half-power points" are used to assign effective Q "quality factor" values that are found to be less than unity whether frequency or wavelength scaling is used. A comparison with values for coherent oscillators is made. This exercise blends two of Kirchhoff's interests, and is instructive in its own right, as it bridges the often mutually exclusive engineering and scientific disciplines.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2402.08691
Document Type :
Working Paper