From: richalivingston@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 6:29:59 AM UTC-6, Jay R. Yablon wrote:   
      
   > My question is simple: Does anybody know if anybody has ever looked for   
   > some sort of cutoff at the UV end of the blackbody spectrum, and if so,   
   > what did they find?   
   >   
   > [Moderator's note: That is a good question. A brief web search turned   
   > up nothing. :-( -P.H.]   
      
   The real issue here is motivation.  Doing an experiment has cost, in   
   time and money.  A professional scientist must try to maximize his/her   
   impact while minimizing cost and time.  If you don't generate results   
   that people are interested in you don't make tenure and you don't get   
   the research grants.   
      
   So there has to be some reason to expect an interesting result.  That   
   means either a totally unexpected result or one that confirms or   
   disproves a theory that many people are interested in.  You can spend an   
   entire career testing limit cases in well established theories and never   
   get an interesting result. That would be a formula for a short and   
   pointless career.  Unless you are very lucky.   
      
   What people do is use current theories and problems/questions to guide   
   their research.  This makes perfect sense.  You don't look for gold in   
   Antarctic glaciers, you look in the same sorts of rock formations that   
   others have found gold.   
      
   Of course there is nothing stopping you from looking where ever you like   
   for an interesting result.  You might be lucky, and then be famous.  But   
   don't expect generous funding for your experiments.   
      
   Rich L.   
      
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