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USAAAO — 2019 First Round

Question 7

An observer measures the blackbody spectrum for a variety of bodies as a function of temperature and wavelength in the long wavelength limit (hc/λ ≪ kBT) and finds that the data fit log(I) = a + b log(T) + c log(λ). What are the expected values of b and c?

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Source: USAAAO 2019 First Round, Question 7.