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Theory of the Fireball

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higher frequency (above, and Sec. LC). The fraction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> black body<br />

spectrum which can be emitted is given, in sufficient approximation, by<br />

where<br />

0<br />

*.<br />

U,<br />

hV<br />

0<br />

o w<br />

lJ =-<br />

In (3.34) we have neglected <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong> infrared, below about<br />

1 (3.35)<br />

(3.34)<br />

'<br />

1/2 ev, also cannot be emitted (Sec. 4a), and nave approximated ( eU - 1)<br />

in tjne Planck spectrum by e-U; both corrections are small. To = 8OWo<br />

has been chosen as a reasonable average temperature ( see Sec. 5). Near<br />

-1.5<br />

this temperature, varies about as T , so that tne actual radiation<br />

to large distances is about<br />

Solving (3.32) for p, with po = 1-29 x (normal air density) gives<br />

1

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