Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 30 - Quantum Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1075: 45

Answer

(a) $photon\ B$ (b) $666\ nm$

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that momentum and wavelength are inversely proportional. This means that the photon having higher momentum will have the smaller wavelength. Thus, photon B has the smaller momentum and larger wavelength. (b) As $p_A=2p_B$ $p_A\times \lambda_A=p_B\times \lambda_B$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $2p_B\times \lambda_A=p_B\times \lambda_B$ $2\times 333\times 10^{-9}=\lambda_B$ $\implies \lambda_B=666\times 10^{-9}m=666nm$
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