At 03:26 pm 14-04-05 +0000, I wrote:
<snip> > .............................. represents >the inverse of a black body, viz a white body or >a perfect absorber. CORRECTION - This was badly expressed to put it mildly 8-(. A black body is of course a perfect emitter and absorber. By a white body I mean an absorber of the ultraviolet radiation which would otherwise lead to a ultraviolet catastrophe ..............are also white bodies which absorb >radiant energy. I believe that this, not quanta, >is the solution to the problem of the violet >catastrophe. That should of course have read "the ultra-violet catastrophe." I think I must have been thinking of certain catholic bishops who are indeed a catastrophe. 8-( Frank Grimer
