Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the center of a nuclear explosion can reach temperatures of approximately 100 million degrees Celsius.www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the center of a nuclear explosion can reach temperatures of approximately 100 million degrees Celsius.www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govAnonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-22 months agoThey measure the wavelength of “thermal” photons and then use e.g. Wien’s law to calculate the temperature that has caused their emission. Edit: T = 10^8 K correspond to f = 10^18 Hz which is in the X-ray part of the spectrum.
They measure the wavelength of “thermal” photons and then use e.g. Wien’s law to calculate the temperature that has caused their emission.
Edit: T = 10^8 K correspond to f = 10^18 Hz which is in the X-ray part of the spectrum.