MathLiveWien's displacement law
Gives the wavelength at which a black body's emitted radiation is strongest, which is inversely proportional to its absolute temperature. It is used to estimate the temperature of hot objects such as stars from their colour or spectrum.
\lambda_{\max} = \frac{b}{T}What the symbols mean
| wavelength of peak spectral radiance (m) | |
| Wien displacement constant, approximately 2.898 \times 10^{-3} m\,K | |
| absolute (thermodynamic) temperature of the black body (K) |
About this formula
- FieldPhysics
- TopicThermal radiation
- LevelUniversity
- Also calledpeak wavelength black body radiation, black body peak wavelength temperature, wien wavelength displacement, blackbody radiation peak wavelength formula, lambda max b over T
- SourceWikidata Q214336
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