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electromagnetic radiation

In spectroscopy: Broadband-light sources
…to lower energy states and continuum radiation resulting from closely spaced lines that have been broadened by collisions with other atoms and the electrons. If the pressure of the gas in the arc lamp is sufficiently high, a large fraction of the light is emitted in the form of continuum…
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radio sources

In radio source
Radio sources produce either continuum radiation or line radiation. Continuum radiation covers a very broad range of wavelengths; hence, continuum sources can be detected and studied with a radio telescope tuned to any convenient wavelength. Two different processes generate continuum radio radiation. One of these involves thermal radiation, the…
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