Jack O’Lanterns and integrating spheres: Halloween physics

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2006 English Publisher:American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)Journal:American Journal of Physics, volume 74, pages 537-541 (issn: 0002-9505, eissn: 1943-2909,

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Authors: Lorne A. Whitehead; Michele A. Mossman;

doi: 10.1119/1.2190687

Jack O’Lanterns and integrating spheres: Halloween physics

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Although photometry, the measurement of the intensity and distribution of visible light, is important in many areas, most undergraduate physics courses do not include this topic. We present a simple introduction to key concepts in photometry, and as a fun example, we investigate the optics of a Jack O’Lantern.

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