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blackbody radiation
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blackbody radiation [′blak¦bäd·ē ‚rā·dē′ā·shən]
(thermodynamics)
The emission of radiant energy which would take place from a blackbody at a fixed temperature; it takes place at a rate expressed by the Stefan-Boltzmann law, with a spectral energy distribution described by Planck's equation.


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The ac stark shift caused by the black-body radiation at 39 [degrees]C (the operating temperature of the beam tube) is calculated to be 2.
The theoretical calculations suggest that if black-body radiation were producing the liight, it should be a billion times stronger at the vents than in the cooler water above.
 
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