Published November 30, 1981
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Journal article
Inhibited absorption of blackbody radiation
- 1. Research Laboratory of Electronics and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Description
A cutoff with wavelength is observed in the absorption of blackbody radiation by free atoms. The cutoff arises from a discontinuity in the density of modes between parallel conducting plates. Absorption at a wavelength of 2/3 cm by atoms between planes 1/3 cm apart is measured at a temperature of 180 K. The discontinuity in the absorption rate occurs when the absorption wavelength is varied across the cutoff of one of the parallel plate modes
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 47
- Journal Issue
- 22
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1592-1595
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13666451
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARGON; ATOM-MOLECULE COLLISIONS; DISTURBANCES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; LASER RADIATION; OPTICS; STRONTIUM
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; METALS; MOLECULE COLLISIONS; NONMETALS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES