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RE: Light-Matter Interaction ----- Why we see the colours we do ----- Electromagnetic Spectrum

Leo is doing awesome thanks :)

I think you missed a key bit of info regarding the gamma radiation. This was for a gamma ray burst not normal gamma radiation, but a huge emission. Literally they are one the most energetic processes that can occur in nature.

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Oh... You mean the burst don't release gamma radiation?

What kind of energy does it release then?

It's cool, your comment suggested you understood that typical G-radiation releases more energy than the sun in 10 Gyears.

This was for the Gamma-ray burst, but you can calculate the energy of the gamma radiaiton by using the equation

E=hf

h is planks constant and f is the freq of the gamma EM wave. Try it and see what energy you get :)

Thanks for the clarification @physics.benjamin. I will employ the formula.

It's funny how rusty one can get when you stop using something. I could remember I learnt this equation in my first year in school. Thanks for jogging my memory.