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Blackbody Spectral Radiance Plotter (Planck's Law) mechanism
The inspectable method record for Blackbody Spectral Radiance Plotter (Planck's Law), kept separate from implementation and qualification.
Model scope
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.
- 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.
Units and conventions
- 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.
Inspectable vector
One of 4 source-bound review vectors:
{
"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."
}Failure boundary
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.
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