What is the best description of black body radiation?
A)radiation that comes from a heated object

B)radiation thats alway's invisible

C) radiation from an object wit h an high electrical charge

D) gamma radiation from intersteller space

Question

What is the best description of black body radiation?
A)radiation that comes from a heated object

B)radiation thats alway's invisible

C) radiation from an object wit h an high electrical charge

D) gamma radiation from intersteller space

anonymous · Answer

>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation Black Body Radiation

anonymous · Answer

yeah i already read that i still dont understand @MissKitty777

anonymous · Answer

help @dumbo

anonymous · Answer

@amistre64  help me please

amistre64 · Answer

i dont know anything about black body radiation ... the only thing it brings to my mind is steven hawkings and black holes

amistre64 · Answer

hawkings discovered that black holes 'evaporate', and the radiation was named after him.  but i have no real understanding for this question.

anonymous · Answer

I have no Idea honey im sorry

aaronq · Answer

amistre64 was referring to hawking radiation (which i know nothing about). The answer is A) radiation that comes from a heated object; it's a strange concept (like everything else in quantum mechanics). I found something that might help you understand it: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/black_body_radiation.html