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11 years ago
Like the blackbody energy spectrum of a photon... how does it relate to the blackbody energy spectrum at which the blackbody emits photons?
Or is my concept wrong?

Thanks in advance Slight Smile
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11 years ago
The temperature of the blackbody determines the peak emission wavelength as well as the comparative distribution of all other possible wavelengths emited by it.  The wavelength determines the total energy of the photon, the shorter the wavelength the more energy it represents.
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11 years ago
You can re-write the frequency in the formula for Planck's distribution http://mathurl.com/clcofhm.png using Planck's relation http://mathurl.com/d5mjkok.png between energy and frequency of a photon, but don't confuse a blackbody's spectrum (which follows Planck's distribution) as having influence on the energy of individual photons. A photon's energy is what it is, irrespective of its origin.
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