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Luminosity density
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Luminosity density
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2026-10-14
The
luminosity
per unit spatial
volume
. For
a
spherical source, its enclosed
luminosity
is
L
(
r
)
=
4
π
∫
0
r
λ
(
s
)
s
2
d
s
, and its projected
surface brightness
is
μ
(
R
)
=
2
∫
R
∞
λ
(
r
)
r
d
r
/
r
2
−
R
2
.
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