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Question 20

An astronomical observatory monitors a star system and records four different electromagnetic emissions:

  • Signal P: radiation with a wavelength of 1.5 × 10-5 m
  • Signal Q: radiation with a photon energy of 3.0 × 10-19 J
  • Signal R: radiation with a frequency of 2.5 × 1012 Hz
  • Signal S: radiation with a wave period of 2.5 × 10-16 s

Which of these signals belongs to the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum?

(Planck constant h=6.63×10−34 J sh = 6.63 \times 10^{-34}\text{ J s}h=6.63×10−34 J s, speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum c=3.00×108 m s−1c = 3.00 \times 10^{8}\text{ m s}^{-1}c=3.00×108 m s−1)

Signal P

Signal Q

Signal R

Signal S

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