Sentence examples for spectra of light from inspiring English sources

They recorded the spectra of light emitted from the collapse, much as astronomers use spectra to measure the temperature of stars, and determined that the gases in the collapsing bubble reached a temperature of 15,000 K, more than two times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

The spectra of light emitted by gaseous atoms had been studied extensively since the mid-19th century.

In 1925, however, two Dutch physicists, Samuel Goudsmit and George Uhlenbeck, realized that, in order to explain fully the spectra of light emitted by the atoms of alkali metals, such as sodium, which have one outer valence electron beyond the main core, there must be a fourth quantum number that can take only two values, −1/2 and +1/2.

Transmission spectra of light propagation through these structures are studied in this article.

Figure 2 Spectra of light reflectance for photonic samples having different sizes of silica globules.

Figure 3 The spectral dependencies of reflectance ( R p ) and the spectra of light transmittance.

"Spectrum of Light," by Bob Staake, May 21 , 2012

— Bob Staake, the artist who created "Spectrum of Light," the cover of next week's issue.

Rectangular apertures in the wall emitting computer-controlled spectrums of light offer one type of optically challenging perceptual experience.

And Jim Hodges's deliberately exposed photograph, which ingeniously casts a tree in a color spectrum of light, is simply ravishing.

The spectrum of light emitted is devoid of signs of hydrogen, which is odd since stars are generally made almost entirely of hydrogen.