From: David L. Babcock
> I seem to remember that the 4th power thing is due to (largely due to?) the > strongly rising "center" of the frequency as temperature increases. Thus, > the radiated power through a narrow window (visible band is only 1 octave) is > probably only proportional to the first power, at least when that window is > well below the peak power frequency. What frequency are you assuming is peak power? I would have suspected that the higher the photon frequency, the more power, such that visible should be peak. * If true, any error contributed by that window rapidly becomes unimportant as temperature increases. Yes, if true - but this depends on your assumption of peak power. Can you elaborate on why you think it would be longer wavelength rather than shorter? Thanks
