How would Irradiance calculations change if the flux is not in a uniform angular distribution? It seems that the flux value is a scalar. Is there some way to rewrite these equations in matrix/vector form to reflect non-uniform distribution of light?
sethzhao506
This relationship could be referred as an application of inverse-square law, where in a broad way states that a specified physical quantity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of the physical quantity.
nLevin13
@sethzhao506 it seems to be that every physical quantity which travels in a wave through space follows the inverse square law. I wonder if modelling the "intensity" of gravity this way makes sense since it was recently discovered that gravity waves are real.
daniswords
I am a bit confused about how to interpret this graphic. What is the 1 meant to represent? Is that some fixed value?
How would Irradiance calculations change if the flux is not in a uniform angular distribution? It seems that the flux value is a scalar. Is there some way to rewrite these equations in matrix/vector form to reflect non-uniform distribution of light?
This relationship could be referred as an application of inverse-square law, where in a broad way states that a specified physical quantity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of the physical quantity.
@sethzhao506 it seems to be that every physical quantity which travels in a wave through space follows the inverse square law. I wonder if modelling the "intensity" of gravity this way makes sense since it was recently discovered that gravity waves are real.
I am a bit confused about how to interpret this graphic. What is the 1 meant to represent? Is that some fixed value?