Flashcards
Light
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1UVUsed to sterilize medical equipment.
- 2X-rayAccretion disks around black holes emit these 2 types of light.
- 3gammaReleased during nuclear fission and fusion reactions.
- 4NeutrinoDetectors filled with fluid (heavy water) built in underground mines to observe in this window.
- 5gravity waveLIGO recently detected the merger of two black holes with this window.
- 6microwaveThe left over heat from the Big Bang is seen as an omnidirectional signal in this window.
- 7infraredHumans emit energy in this window of light.
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