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A blackbody or Planckian radiator is

  • A.an idealised body whose emission depends only on its temperature
  • B.a body that absorbs all light and emits none of it at all
  • C.any source whose spectrum contains only a single wavelength
  • D.a lamp that has been coated so as to appear black when switched off

Answer: A

Correct answer: an idealised body whose emission depends only on its temperature

A blackbody absorbs all radiation falling on it and re-emits according to Planck’s law, so its whole spectrum is fixed by a single number, its temperature. That is what makes it a useful reference: any thermal source can be described by the blackbody temperature it most nearly resembles.

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