Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 38 - Photons and Matter Waves - Problems - Page 1183: 44a

Answer

$3.7\times 10^{6}$

Work Step by Step

According to the classical radiation law, $I_c=\frac{2\pi ckT}{\lambda^4}$ and according to the Planck’s radiation law, $I_p=\frac{2\pi c^2h}{\lambda^5}\frac{1}{e^{\frac{hc}{\lambda kT}}-1}$ Therefore, the ratio of $\frac{I_c}{I_p}$ is given by $\frac{I_c}{I_p}=\frac{\lambda kT}{hc}(e^{\frac{hc}{\lambda kT}}-1)$ Given, $T=2000$ $K$, $\lambda=400$ $nm$ $=400\times 10^{-9}$ $m$ $\therefore \lambda kT=400\times 10^{-9}\times 1.38\times 10^{-23}\times 2000$ $J.m$ or, $\lambda kT=1.104\times 10^{-26}$ $J.m$ and $hc=6.63\times 10^{-34}\times 3\times 10^{8}$ $J.m$ or, $hc=1.989\times 10^{-25}$ $J.m$ $\therefore \frac{\lambda kT}{hc}\approx 0.0555$ and $\frac{hc}{\lambda kT}\approx 18.016$ Therefore, $\frac{I_c}{I_p}=0.0555\times(e^{18.016}-1)\approx 3.7\times 10^{6}$
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