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PART A
1. Design an incandescent lamp flament. A tungsten wire
radiates electromagnetic waes wit! power "#.$ W w!en its
ends are connected across a 1%$&' power suppl(. Assume its
constant operating temperature is % )$$ K and its emissiit(
is $.*#$. Also assume it ta+es in energ( onl( ,( electric
transmission and emits energ( onl( ,( electromagnetic
radiation. -ou ma( ta+e t!e resistiit( o. tungsten at % )$$ K
as ".1/ 0 1$
&"
1m. 2peci.( 3a4 t!e radius and 3,4 t!e lengt!
o. t!e flament.
%. 5igure s!ows t!e stopping potential ersus t!e incident
p!oton .re6uenc( .or t!e p!otoelectric e7ect .or sodium. 8se
t!e grap! to fnd 3a4 t!e wor+ .unction o. sodium9 3,4 t!e
ratio h/e, and 3c4 t!e cuto7 waelengt!. T!e data are ta+en
.rom R. A. Milli+an9 Physical Review 7:/:% 31)1:4.

/. A p!oton !aing waelengt! ; scatters o.. a .ree electron at
A 35ig. P*$.%*49 producing a second p!oton !aing
waelengt! . T!is p!oton t!en scatters o7 anot!er .ree
electron at B, producing a t!ird p!oton !aing waelengt!
and moing in a direction directl( opposite t!e original
p!oton as s!own in t!e fgure. Determine t!e alue o.


PART <
*. T!e resoling power o. a microscope depends on t!e
waelengt! used. =. (ou wanted to >see? an atom9 a
waelengt! o. appro@imatel( 1.$$ 0 1$
&11
m would ,e
re6uired. 3a4 =. electrons are used 3in an electron
microscope49 w!at minimum +inetic energ( is re6uired .or
t!e electronsA 3,4 WhatIf? =. p!otons are used9 w!at
minimum p!oton energ( is needed to o,tain t!e re6uired
resolutionA
#. 8se t!e uncertaint( principle to s!ow t!at i. an electron
were confned inside an atomic nucleus o. diameter on t!e
order o. % 0 1$
&1#
m9 it would !ae to ,e moing
relatiisticall(9 w!ereas a proton confned to t!e same
nucleus can ,e moing nonrelatiisticall(.
:. =n a certain acuum tu,e9 electron eaporate .rom a !ot
cat!ode at a slow stead( rate and accelerate .rom rest
t!roug! a potential di7erence o. *# ' t!en t!e( trael %B
cm. as t!e( pass t!roug! an arra( o. slits and .all on a
screen to produce an inter.erence pattern .=. t!e ,eam
current is ,elow a certain alue9 onl( one electron at a time
will ,e in Cig!t in t!e tu,e. W!at is t!is alueA =n t!is
situation9 t!e inter.erence pattern still appears s!owing t!at
eac! indiidual electron can inter.ere wit! itsel..