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nydus/The Theory of Heat RadiationPublic

This text examines the physical distinction between heat conduction and heat radiation, noting that radiation is independent of the medium through which it passes. It establishes that heat rays are physically identical to light rays and applies the principles of experimental optics to the study of thermal radiation.

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If the scattering did not affect the radiation, the total energy reaching dσ would necessarily consist of the quantities of energy emitted by the different volume-elements of the pencil, allowance being made, however, for the losses due to absorption

on the way. For βν=0 expressions [eqn:(33)] (33) and [eqn:(30)] (30) are identical, as may be seen by comparison with [eqn:(27)] (27). Generally, however, [eqn:(30)] (30) is larger than [eqn:(33)] (33) because the energy reaching dσ contains also some rays which were not at all emitted from elements inside of the pencil, but somewhere else, and have entered later on by scattering. In fact, the volume-elements of the pencil do not merely scatter outward the radiation which is being transmitted inside the pencil, but they also collect into the pencil rays coming from without. The radiation E thus collected by the volume-element at r0 is found, by putting in [eqn:(29)] (29), dt=1,ν=dr0dΩr02,dΩ=dσr02, to be E=dr0dΩdσβν𝖪νdν.

This energy is to be added to the energy E emitted by the volume-element, which we have calculated in [eqn:(31)] (31). Thus for the total energy contributed to the pencil in the volume-element at r0 we find: E+E=dr0dΩdσ(ϵν+βν𝖪ν)dν. The part of this reaching O is, similar to [eqn:(32)] (32): dr0dΩdσ(ϵν+βν𝖪ν)dνer0(αν+βν). Making due allowance for emission and collection of scattered rays entering on the way, as well as for losses by absorption and scattering, all volume-elements of the pencil combined give for the energy ultimately reaching dσ dΩdσ(ϵν+βν𝖪ν)dν0dr0er0(αν+βν)=dΩdσϵν+βν𝖪ναν+βνdν, and this expression is really exactly equal to that given by [eqn:(30)] (30), as may be seen by comparison with [eqn:(26)] (26).

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