Blackbody Spectral Radiance Plotter (Planck's Law)

Inspectable records

Ledger state

The current ledger marks this instrument verified with errata that must be applied at binding time.

Area

Physics — Kinematics/Projectiles/Orbits, Forces/Energy/Momentum, Rotational Dynamics, Gravitation, Oscillations/Waves, Optics, E&M Fields, Relativity, Quantum, Statistical Thermo

Tranche

tranche-6

Evidence ID

t6-113

Ledger rows

1

No ledger note is attached.

Review findings

The physical formula and ideal-blackbody label are correct. Resolve the exact wavelength and radiance units, domain constraints, numerical-stability behavior, and whether the peak marker is explicitly the wavelength-domain Wien peak before release.

Formula and scope findings

• The Planck-law formula is correct for spectral radiance per unit wavelength, per unit projected area, per steradian: B_lambda=(2hc^2/lambda^5)/(exp(hc/(lambda k_B T))-1).
• The spec does not explicitly state that wavelength must be supplied in metres and that the output is W m^-3 sr^-1 (equivalently W m^-2 sr^-1 m^-1).
• The peak-marker implementation must use the wavelength-domain Wien constant b_lambda=2.897771955e-3 m K; a frequency-domain peak marker would be different.
• The valid domain constraints T>0 and lambda>0 are not stated.

Unit assumptions

• Use h=6.62607015e-34 J s, c=299792458 m s^-1, and k_B=1.380649e-23 J K^-1.
• Input temperature T is in kelvin.
• Input wavelength lambda is converted to metres before evaluation.
• Output B_lambda is in W m^-3 sr^-1, or equivalently W m^-2 sr^-1 per metre of wavelength.
• The plotted quantity is spectral radiance, not spectral exitance; no extra factor of pi is applied.

Boundary hardening

BREAK_CLAIMED · SELF_FLAGGED

Zero temperature and zero wavelength make the literal Planck expression undefined, while the plotted physical limits can be finite. A numerical branch near x=1 must also preserve continuity, and an unlabelled wavelength such as 500 is unit-ambiguous by orders of magnitude.

Errata and corrections

Tranche errata

Inspectable example

4 review vectors are recorded. One source-bound sample is shown below.

{
  "inputs": {
    "temperature_K": 300,
    "wavelength": "10 micrometres = 1.000000e-5 m"
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "sampled_spectral_radiance_W_m^-3_sr^-1": 9924033,
    "curve_features": {
      "wien_peak_wavelength_m": 0.00000965923985,
      "wien_peak_wavelength_micrometres": 9.65923985,
      "positive_wavelength_roots": "none",
      "limits": "B_lambda -> 0 as lambda -> 0+ and as lambda -> infinity"
    }
  },
  "working": "c2=hc/k_B=0.01438776877 m K. x=c2/(lambda*T)=0.01438776877/(1.000000e-5*300)=4.795922923. 2hc^2=1.191042972e-16. lambda^5=(1.000000e-5)^5=1.000000e-25 m^5. Numerator factor=(2hc^2)/lambda^5=1.191042972e9. exp(x)-1=exp(4.795922923)-1 approximately 120.01602. Therefore B_lambda=1.191042972e9/120.01602=9.924033e6 W m^-3 sr^-1. Wien peak: lambda_max=b_lambda/T=2.897771955e-3/300=9.65923985e-6 m."
}

Related workflows

No source-defined multi-instrument workflow membership is recorded.

Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json · VERIFIED_WITH_ERRATA
• evidence-tranche6/tranche6-results.json
• BOUNDARY_HAZARD_CATALOG.json