Jack O'Lanterns and integrating spheres: Halloween physics
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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American Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- June 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1119/1.2190687
- Bibcode:
- 2006AmJPh..74..537W