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The spectral frequency does give an indication of blackbody temperature of an ideal blackbody. If you had an ideal blackbody that would be a good way to measure temperature, but the fusion reactor isn't an ideal blackbody, so there are other methods used in addition to measuring spectral frequency distribution.
originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: Gyo01
Easy, they measure the heat by checking what's the spectral frequency (colour) it emits.
Take for instance a flame. The hotter areas of a flame are blue, the cooler areas are red. We can extrapolate the temperature of objects by the frequency of the light they emits - even hotter than a flame (over 10,000 Kelvins) will give off ultraviolet radiation; even hotter than all that (around 10 millions Kelvin) will give off X-rays; and yet even hotter will give off gamma rays.
A stripped-back model of the JET experiment, showing only the temperature-measuring systems.
-Electron cyclotron emission (pale purple),
-LIDAR / Thomson scattering (red),
-charge exchange (bright green), and
-X-ray spectroscopy (pale green).
originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: Gyo01
Easy, they measure the heat by checking what's the spectral frequency (colour) it emits.
Take for instance a flame. The hotter areas of a flame are blue, the cooler areas are red. We can extrapolate the temperature of objects by the frequency of the light they emits - even hotter than a flame (over 10,000 Kelvins) will give off ultraviolet radiation; even hotter than all that (around 10 millions Kelvin) will give off X-rays; and yet even hotter will give off gamma rays.
originally posted by: odzeandennz
originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: Gyo01
Easy, they measure the heat by checking what's the spectral frequency (colour) it emits.
Take for instance a flame. The hotter areas of a flame are blue, the cooler areas are red. We can extrapolate the temperature of objects by the frequency of the light they emits - even hotter than a flame (over 10,000 Kelvins) will give off ultraviolet radiation; even hotter than all that (around 10 millions Kelvin) will give off X-rays; and yet even hotter will give off gamma rays.
Thus the fallacy of science.
originally posted by: Bedlam
a reply to: namelesss
On the other hand, here's the complete list of functioning technology given to us by meditation and spirits:
originally posted by: namelesss
originally posted by: Bedlam
a reply to: namelesss
On the other hand, here's the complete list of functioning technology given to us by meditation and spirits:
I didn't say anything about 'meditation' or 'spirits', but, it wouldn't take much to prove your premature and ignorant dismissal completely wrong about 'meditation'.
originally posted by: Bedlam
Let's see it then.
The criticism from "the Adapted Mind" is the usual drivel of someone who knows nothing about how science works.
I guarantee you any sophomore physics student can tell you more about mirrors than every guru spouting inane crap.
Subjective internal examination of your navel doesn't build semiconductors.
originally posted by: namelesss
I think that your sarcastic (comes from fear) 'challenge' to make you aware of the deeper things in life would be wasted time.
originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: Gyo01
Easy, they measure the heat by checking what's the spectral frequency (colour) it emits.
Take for instance a flame. The hotter areas of a flame are blue, the cooler areas are red. We can extrapolate the temperature of objects by the frequency of the light they emits - even hotter than a flame (over 10,000 Kelvins) will give off ultraviolet radiation; even hotter than all that (around 10 millions Kelvin) will give off X-rays; and yet even hotter will give off gamma rays.
originally posted by: Bedlam
originally posted by: namelesss
I think that your sarcastic (comes from fear) 'challenge' to make you aware of the deeper things in life would be wasted time.
How do you know they're 'deeper'?
Maybe they're 'illusory'.
That's the problem with subjective issues. You can never know if it's just mental masturbation or not. I go by results. And "revealed truth" topics like religion, under any guise you want to cast it, are generally in the class of things that by their very nature can never produce tangible results. Including meditation and the like.
originally posted by: Bedlam
a reply to: Encryptor
Don't get me wrong, I meditate to clear pointless crap out of my head. Like when you're working on a dozen things, finish half of them, and find your mind's still wasting cycles solving things you've moved on from.
I see it as sort of like doing a reboot on the OS. But it's more of a way to get all your horses back in the corral than it is an analytical tool.