Intro to Electro Magnetic Waves or electromagnetic radiation or EMR ElectroMagnetic Radiation is an interesting subject in physics in part due to the fact that we interact with EMR electromagnetic Radiation or technology that makes use of our understanding of electromagnetic Radiation ID: 921303
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Electro-Magnetic Radiation
Intro to Electro Magnetic Waves
(or electromagnetic radiation)
(or EMR)
Electro-Magnetic Radiation is an interesting subject in physics in part due to the fact that we interact with EMR (electromagnetic Radiation) or technology that makes use of our understanding of electromagnetic Radiation to enhance our lives.
EMR is also amazing because it is responsible for one of the integral senses that makes up the human experience, sight! Our sense of sight, and the beautiful multi-colored world we live in is based on our bodies ability to make sense of a small section of EMR.
The amount of information contained in the electromagnetic waves/radiation that surrounds us, is astounding, and by studying it we discovered things completely out side of human sensory perception.
Slide3Electromagnetic Waves
*In a Vacuum…
Maxwell-Faraday Equation:
Changing Magnetic field (or acceleration of a magnetic object) => Electric Field
Slide4Electromagnetic Waves
Continued…
Maxwell-Ampere’s equation:
*approximate form
Changing Electric field ( or acceleration of a charged object) => Magnetic field
Slide5Now what do we know?
We know that a changing electric field creates
magnetic field. We also know that a changing
magnetic field will create an electric field. What does this mean?
It means that an alternating magnetic field OR electric field will create self propagating electromagnetic waves!
Slide6How does this wave behave?
Wave length=the distance over which the wave completes a cycle.
Frequency= the number of wave lengths which pass a point per second.
This gives a relationship between frequency and wave length:
Velocity=frequency*wavelength
Maxwell’s equations however, restrict the value of velocity to a single value
called C, which is equal to 3*10^8
m/s
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Slide8The Particle Model of Light
You have all heard the word photon right?
It refers to the smallest piece of energy in
radiation form that can be emitted or absorbedat a specific frequency, and strangely enoughPhotons behave like particles, with no mass, a
Constant speed of C. The energy of a photon is
proportional to its frequency. In fact everything
Can be described as a wave. Google wave particle
duality if you get the chance.
Slide9How is EMR generated?
Electro/magnetic waves/radiation can be emitted by oscillating charges.
Quantum and Nuclear processes (responsible for most of the high energy radiation in our universe) *missing mass problems and discrete energy levels
However, we are going focus on the EMR generated by oscillations of charged particles because… you are already familiar with charged particles!
Slide10Where do we come into contact with EMR?
No brainers!
Think a littler harder…
Ok impress me…
They are in the stinking names on the spectrum….
the heat you feel from fires, sun burns, MRI’s, Night vision… your ideas…
Sterilization of produce (gamma/UV rays), determining the age of the universe (no big deal…), chemo-therapy, setting clocks, precise measurement
Slide11Zooming in on Thermal Radiation
We are all familiar with the particle model of
matter right? Right. In case you are not,
everything that has mass is composed of, or is asmall charged particle. We also know that these
Particles are in constant motion (assuming that
the object is not at absolute zero temperature.
What does this mean… hmmm…..
Slide12ALL MATTER EMITS RADIATION!
*and we call it thermal radiation
-Thermal radiation is the electromagnetic radiation emitted by matter, because of all the oscillating charged particles that are its components.
Slide13Some review…
Temperature=Measurement of the average
kinetic energy of the particles/molecules in an
object
.
Heat=A
form
of energy transfer by
changing
kinetic energy of the particles of objects.
Absolute zero= 0 degrees Kelvin
Kelvin= Celcious+273
Slide14So back to thermal Radiation…
We know that temperature is a measurement of how vigorously a particle oscillates… therefore we should see higher quantities of and greater frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.
So it should be possible to relate temperature to the amount and frequency of radiation emitted by an object… and luckily somebody else did all the work for us!
Slide15Stefan-Boltzmann Law
The Stefan-Boltzmann Law has some pretty cool applications. It gives us a relation between the total energy in electromagnetic radiation emitted per unit time, the surface temperature of an object in Kelvin, its surface area, the
boltzmann
constant and the objects emissivity.
How could we then measure the temperature of an object?
What would we need?
Slide16Black Body Spectrum
Slide17A few minutes of thinking…
You are a an engineer working for me If I gave you a sensor that can get a reading for temperature and a computer that can take that reading and inform other pieces of machinery what to do, can you think of some possible applications of our understanding of EMR?
Slide18Quick Problem
Lets calculate the energy loss do to radiation of a human body. (oh yeah! IR sensors at border crossings are used to check for human trafficking)
P=A*
e*(boltz)*T^4
approximate!
Slide19What Google says…
Google says approximate surface area is 1.8m^2Google says an average temperature for the surface of a human body is 306K.
Google says the emissivity of human flesh is
.97Therefore, Google says that P=870W
Does that seem right? If not what are we missing?
Slide20My Demonstration
I know you all believe that this EMR stuff exists,
but I believe we take the application of our
knowledge of EMR for granted. I hope this quickDemo will leave you with an appreciation ofsciences ability to translate information from a
medium outside of human sensory perception
into a usable, accessible form.
Slide21Slide22Slide23Questions?
We have a few minutes for you to ask questions
that came up during the lecture, The UBC
Physics Program or university in general!