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EMR keywords
(i.e.,
keywords relevant to the
electromagnetic radiation (EMR)):
cycle per second = 1/s = hertz (Hz),
electromagnetic radiation (EMR),
electromagnetic spectrum,
frequency f = 1/p,
Heinrich Hertz (1857--1894),
hertz (Hz) = 1/s = cycle per second,
inverse centimeters (cm**(-1),
James Clerk Maxwell (1831--1879),
period p = 1/f,
photon energy E = hf = hc/λ
= 1.2398419739(75) eV-μ/λ_μ,
Planck's constant h = 6.62607015*10**(-34) J-s =
4.135667696 ... *10**(-15) eV-s
(exact values; see NIST: Fundamental Physical Constants --- Complete Listing),
polarization
(unpolarized light),
transverse waves,
vacuum light speed c = 2.99792458*10**8 m/s ≅ 3*10**8 m/s ≅ 1 ft/ns,
wavenumber k = 1/λ
(conventionally measured in
inverse centimeters (cm**(-1)),
waves,
etc.
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