Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 30 - Quantum Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1076: 79

Answer

$62nm$

Work Step by Step

(a) We can find the minimum uncertainty in position as follows: $\frac{\Delta P}{P}=1.0\%=0.01$ $\implies \Delta P=(0.01)P$ $\implies \Delta P=(0.01)(1.7\times 10^{-25})=1.7\times 10^{-27}Kg.m/s$ Now $\Delta y=\frac{h}{2\pi \Delta P_y}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\Delta y=\frac{6.63\times 10^{-34}}{(2)(3.14)(1.7\times 10^{-27})}$ $\Delta y=62\times 10^{-9}m=62nm$
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