Time: 11 June 15.00-16.30
Venue: POLIMA Common Room , University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Registration: No registration needed. Everybody is welcome!
How to get there: Link to directions
Presenter
Ivan Fernandez Corbaton
Abstract
Thermal radiation, emitted by any body due to its temperature, is universal. From the cosmic microwave background, through the infrared radiation with which Earth cools down from solar heating, to radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale, thermal radiation is important in many different physical contexts.
In my talk, I will introduce basic formalism for computing thermal radiation by combining Waterman's T-matrix method with an algebraic approach to light-matter interactions. I will show exemplary calculations for nano-particles, clusters thereof, and also molecules. Besides the directional Kirchhoff law used in those examples, the formalism is suitable for implementing more nuanced theories, and, additionally, allows one to obtain thermal radiation spectra of astronomical objects moving at relativistic speeds.
Venue: POLIMA Common Room , University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M
Registration: No registration needed. Everybody is welcome!
How to get there: Link to directions
Presenter
Ivan Fernandez Corbaton
Abstract
Thermal radiation, emitted by any body due to its temperature, is universal. From the cosmic microwave background, through the infrared radiation with which Earth cools down from solar heating, to radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale, thermal radiation is important in many different physical contexts.
In my talk, I will introduce basic formalism for computing thermal radiation by combining Waterman's T-matrix method with an algebraic approach to light-matter interactions. I will show exemplary calculations for nano-particles, clusters thereof, and also molecules. Besides the directional Kirchhoff law used in those examples, the formalism is suitable for implementing more nuanced theories, and, additionally, allows one to obtain thermal radiation spectra of astronomical objects moving at relativistic speeds.