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 1077: 105

Answer

(a) less than (b) $54^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

We can solve parts (a) and (b) as follows: $\Delta \lambda=\lambda^{\circ}-\lambda=\frac{h}{m_{\circ}c}(1-cos\theta)$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $(0.6510-0.650)\times 10^{-9}m=(2.43\times 10^{-12}m)(1-cos\theta)$ This can be rearranged as: $1-cos\theta=\frac{0.0010\times 10^{-9}m}{2.43\times 10^{-12}m}$ This simplifies to: $\theta=54^{\circ}$ Thus, the scattering angle of the scattered photon is $53.9^{\circ}$, which is less than $152^{\circ}$.
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