Apply Wein's law to explain the corona's main energy release

What will be an ideal response?


At millions of degrees, most of the corona's energy will be in short wave X-rays, not as visible light like the cooler photosphere.

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When the Martian springtime arrives and the daytime temperature reaches 20°C, what occurs?

a. Water melts and forms large pools of liquid. b. The polar ice caps disappear. c. Large planet-wide dust storms. d. The entire planet changes color.

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What causes the arcs and bubble shapes in the dust and gas distribution of the Orion Nebula?

A.) Previous generations of supernovae. B.) Photon pressure of newly formed stars. C.) Gravity waves from black holes. D.) Stellar wind from local stars. E.) Synchrotron radiation.

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Which of the following statements cannot be associated with the electroweak interaction?

a. The electroweak theory was proposed by Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam. b. The W and Z particles are responsible for the weak interaction. c. The W and Z particle masses are greater than 100 GeV/c2. d. C. Rubbia and his team discovered massive bosons at CERN.

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Two thermometers are calibrated, one in degrees Celsius and the other in degrees Fahrenheit. At what temperature (in kelvins) do their readings measure the same temperature?

A. 218.15 B. 233.15 C. 273.15 D. 40.15 E. 0

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