Sentences with phrase «as electromagnetic radiation»

Most energy that reaches Earth's surface comes from the sun as electromagnetic radiation in form of infrared, visible, and UV rays.

18 H. Energy in Earth System Most energy that reaches Earth's surface comes from the sun as electromagnetic radiation in form of infrared, visible, and UV rays.

Right up front you define photons as electromagnetic radiation going above most folks» heads.

Contrary to popular understanding, outer space is not completely empty (i.e. a perfect vacuum) but contains a low density of particles, predominantly hydrogen gas, as well as electromagnetic radiation.

Not exact matches

When a unit of electromagnetic radiation such as a microwave hits an electron, it absorbs it and changes position.

These include the products of radioactive decay, cosmic rays (the highest - energy form of electromagnetic radiation known to man), and the stellar wind, a stream of particles that fly out from any star as it continuously burns.

All types of electromagnetic radiation are part of a single continuum known as the Electromagelectromagnetic radiation are part of a single continuum known as the ElectromagneticElectromagnetic Spectrum.

Nevertheless X-rays were definitely a form of electromagnetic radiation that moved as a wave, like light.

X-rays and gamma rays were soon recognized as different forms of electromagnetic radiation, like radio waves and visible light but more energetic.

His equations explained light as one form of electromagnetic radiation and predicted that there should be many other forms, invisible to the human eye.

This is a process known as Mie scattering — the scattering of electromagnetic radiation, or light in this case by a sphere.

They also make great play of more contentious issues such as the effects of electromagnetic radiation.

A standard atomic clock takes advantage of the fact that an atom can absorb electromagnetic radiation such as light at certain frequencies as its internal structure jumps from one «quantum state» to another.

His theoretical research focuses on novel optical effects such as so - called transformation optics — bending light in curious ways with metamaterials, or assemblages of rods and rings smaller than a wavelength of electromagnetic radiation.

The finding that a single layer of atoms modifies properties of light and other electromagnetic radiation has implications for controlling light at subwavelength scales in photonic devices such as LEDs and photovoltaic cells.

Insolation is frequently referred to as shortwave radiation; it falls primarily within the ultraviolet and visible portions of the electromagnetic spectrum and consists predominantly of wavelengths of 0.39 to 0.76 micrometres (0.00002 to 0.00003 inch).

Dark matter is an unseen substance that does not, as CERN explains, absorb, reflect or emit electromagnetic radiation such as light.

The pulsar's rotation is thought to slow because the neutron star's powerful magnetic field acts as a giant dynamo, emitting light, radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation as the star rotates.

With very strong magnetic fields and very fast rotations, some neutron stars blast beams of electromagnetic radiation from their poles, and if Earth is in the path of those beams we can detect the signals as regular «pulses» — hence the name pulsars.

GW170608 is the lightest black hole binary that LIGO and Virgo have observed — and so is one of the first cases where black holes detected through gravitational waves have masses similar to black holes detected indirectly via electromagnetic radiation, such as X-rays.

X-rays are produced in X-ray tubes by the deceleration of energetic electrons (bremsstrahlung) as they hit a metal target or by accelerating electrons moving at relativistic velocities in circular orbits (synchrotron radiation; see above Continuous spectra of electromagnetic radiation).

Massive yet non-supergiant entities known as «Be stars» are main - sequence stars that notably have, or had at some time, one or more Balmer lines in emission, with the hydrogen - related electromagnetic radiation series projected out by the stars being of particular interest.

The neutron star's powerful magnetic field acts as a giant dynamo, emitting electromagnetic radiation as the star rotates.

These regularities include the appearance of new peaks in the absorption spectrum of electromagnetic radiation with different polarization, as well as qualitative differences in the dynamics of the wave packet that are manifested when hexagonal distortion or corrugation of the spectrum is taken into account.

So far, astronomers and physicists have investigated the universe using electromagnetic radiation, such as infrared, X-rays and gamma rays.

As we slumber on a metal coil - spring mattress, a wave of electromagnetic radiation envelops our bodies so that the maximum strength of the field develops 75 centimeters above the mattress in the middle of our bodies.

Since man ́s artificial electrification of our planet, our atmosphere is not only filled with necessary radiation but also with unnatural radiation, which has to be considered as electromagnetic pollution

They also include less - visible sources, such as radiation and electromagnetic stressors from cell phones and towers.

Extremely low frequency (ELF) radiation is at the low - energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum and is often referred to as the Electric Fields.

Some of the main contributors are poor diet, emotional stress, electromagnetic radiation (phones, Wi - Fi, etc.), as well as many others.

Further, electromagnetic radiation (such as that emitted by Wi - Fi, cell phones, cell towers and «smart» meters) may affect the body like light does at night — and inhibit melatonin production.

Sunlight can be more technically defined as the total frequency spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation emanated from the sun.

Actually while light reflected from a page of paper or eInk as opposed to an LCD is has «NO DIFFERENCE» in the sense that both are electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum, that's about where the similarity ends.

Pearlescent blobs represent luminous astral bodies; fields of fine colored lines suggest waves of electromagnetic radiation; swirly puddles of poured paint read as galactic soup.

This is why (absent sufficient solar or other non-LW heating) the skin temperature is lower than the effective radiating temperature of the planet (in analogy to the sun, the SW radiation from the sun is like the LW radiation, and the direct «solar heating» of the part of the atmosphere above the photosphere may have to due with electromagnetic effects (as in macroscopic plasmas and fields, not so much radiation emitted as a function of temperature).

If you are designing an atmospheric model with molecules that absorb or emit ir energy, N2 and O2 would not be modeled as absorbing or emitting ir energy through vibrational interactions with electromagnetic radiation.

«As an object radiates energy at a rate given by Equation 20.18 [P = o A e T ^ 4], it also absorbs electromagnetic radiation.

As I explained earlier here, AGWSF has eliminated all differences of property and process between the wavelengths to deliberately create this confusion between light and heat, in the meme: «all electromagnetic radiation is the same and all create heat on being absorbed».

I accept the radiation physics indicating CO2 acts as a filter for certain electromagnetic frequencies, and also the estimate of 1 degree C of warming per doubling of CO2 in the absence of feedback.

There has to be some sort of inhomogeneity, such as free surface, cloud droplet, dust particle or abrupt change of refractive index, for the energy in the intercepted electromagnetic radiation to reappear in the form of translational motion (i.e. heat) rather than being confined to vibrational and rotation modes.

And Blackbody fictional construct is defined as body that can absorb all electromagnetic radiation.

According to this dude, we aren't talking about «size» - as we talking in context of a classification of electromagnetic radiation, which classifies according to wavelength, and not amplitude [though there is inverse ratio between them].

But to be clear, no [as in none] electromagnetic radiation is heat.

As I understand it, both Memphis & Myrrh think that visible light - electromagnetic radiation from the sun with the wavelength of about 390 to 750 nm.

All hot objects emit electromagnetic radiation, which includes radio waves, visible light, and x - rays, as well as ultraviolet and infrared radiation.

Well again the science is simple, electromagnetic radiation comes in different wavelengths (sycles) and in return different frequencies, which determines the intensity and penetrating ability... such as gamma rays being able to penetrate solid lead because it is at the high end of the frequency range.

The light from the Sun passes through the Earth's atmosphere, which is transparent to visible light (that's why our eyes evolved to be sensitive to this kind of electromagnetic radiation), and warms the surface of the Earth, which in turn reradiates the energy, now as infrared radiation, because the Earth's surface isn't as hot as the Sun.

In physical systems it is present in some meteorological data series, the electromagnetic radiation output of some astronomical bodies, and in almost all electronic devices (referred to as flicker noise).

The radiant heat component is — presumably — just objects such as humans being directly warmes by the electromagnetic direct radiation from the sun, especially the IR component.

(«Ether» refers to the chemical formerly used as an anesthetic, not to the purported pre-Einsteinian medium for electromagnetic radiation.)