BlackBody Physlet

BlackBody may be embedded into an HTML page using the following syntax:

<APPLET code="blackbody.BlackBody.class"
CODEBASE="Classes" align="middle" width="500" height="400"
ARCHIVE="BlackBody.jar" name="BlackBody">

<PARAM name="Temp" value="5321">             sets the initial temperature, in this case 5,321 Kelvin.
<PARAM name="showControls" value=true>    for a value of true, slider and autoscale controls are shown. For 0, they aren't.
<PARAM name="colorSwatch" value="1">         for a value of 1, the color swatches are shown. For 0, they aren't. Saves screen space without it.
<PARAM name="enableCursor" value="1">         for a value of 1, the cursor is enabled (allowing changes in peak wavelength to be made right on the graph). For 0, the cursor isn't enabled.

</APPLET>

Public Methods:

• setTemperature(double temp)                 //sets the temperature of the graph to be 'temp' and graphs the representation.
• setAutoscale(boolean x, boolean y)        //sets the autoscales for the x and y axis to true or false.

You may download the BlackBody.jar file and use it to develop NON-COMMERCIAL curricular material for use at accredited educational institutions.  Jar files are referenced using the HTML Archive tag.  This applet was written by Wolfgang Christian, Mike Lee, and Ansel Singer-Barnum at Davidson College.

Visit the Physlets Page or contact Wolfgang Christian .