Dispersion

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4957.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4957. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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In optics, the spreading of a mixture of wavelengths of light (colors) into its consituent wavelengths. The refractive index of a medium (e.g. glass), which determines the extent to which a ray of light is deflected when it enters that medium at any angle other than perpendicular to its surface, is the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a medium. Because different wa...

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