PhysicsCode 9702
Stellar radii
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- recall and apply Wien's displacement law, λmax ∝ 1/T, in order to approximate a star's peak surface temperature
- apply the Stefan–Boltzmann law in the form L = 4πσr²T⁴
- apply Wien's displacement law alongside the Stefan–Boltzmann law in order to approximate how large a star's radius is