Why are the graphs for the distribution of light from the Sun as a function of (a) frequency and (b) wavelength not exactly reversed? ( www.wtamu.edu )

Lxrduy , 6 months ago

I would assume that the difference comes from the fact that the same intervals of light will correspond to intervals of different length when plotted by frequency vs when plotted by wavelength, thus making one of them appear higher, while the other is just wider

BackOnMyBS OP , 6 months ago

Why would the intervals be different?

Lxrduy , 6 months ago

What I mean is that, for example, the interval from 1eV to 2eV has the same length as the one from 2eV to 3eV, yet they correspond to the intervals from 1/2 to 1 and from 1/3 to 1/2 (dropping units and constants), which have different lengths.

BackOnMyBS OP , 6 months ago

oooHHHhhhh! Then, does that explain why the wavelength one has a long skewed right distribution while the frequency one has more of a slope in the other direction if we adjust the scales to match the x-axis on colors?