Essential University Physics: Volume 2 (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 29, Problem 48P
(a)
To determine
The intensity of the laser.
(b)
To determine
The total energy delivered before the blink reflex shut the eye.
(c)
To determine
The peak electric field in the laser beam.
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Chapter 29 Solutions
Essential University Physics: Volume 2 (3rd Edition)
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Ch. 29 - When astronomers observe a supernova explosion in...Ch. 29 - Turning a TV antenna so its rods point vertically...Ch. 29 - The Sun emits about half of its...Ch. 29 - An LC circuit is made entirely from...Ch. 29 - Prob. 10FTDCh. 29 - The intensity of light drops as the inverse square...Ch. 29 - Electromagnetic waves dont readily penetrate...Ch. 29 - Prob. 13ECh. 29 - Prob. 14ECh. 29 - The fields of an electromagnetic wave are E = Ep...Ch. 29 - A radio waves electric field is given by the...Ch. 29 - A light-minute is the distance light travels in 1...Ch. 29 - Your intercontinental telephone call is carried by...Ch. 29 - An airplanes radar altimeter works by bouncing...Ch. 29 - Roughly how long does it take light to travel 1...Ch. 29 - If you speak via radio from Earth to an astronaut...Ch. 29 - What are the wavelengths of (a) a 100-MHz FM radio...Ch. 29 - A 60-Hz power line emits electromagnetic...Ch. 29 - Microwave ovens for consumers use operate at 2.45...Ch. 29 - Prob. 25ECh. 29 - Prob. 26ECh. 29 - Vertically polarized light passes through a...Ch. 29 - Prob. 28ECh. 29 - Prob. 29ECh. 29 - Estimate the peak electric field inside a 1.1-kW...Ch. 29 - Prob. 31ECh. 29 - Prob. 32ECh. 29 - Your university radio station has a 5.0-kW radio...Ch. 29 - Prob. 34PCh. 29 - Youre engineering a new cell phone, and youd like...Ch. 29 - Prob. 36PCh. 29 - The medical profession divides the ultraviolet...Ch. 29 - Prob. 38PCh. 29 - Prob. 39PCh. 29 - A polarizer blocks 75% of a polarized light beam....Ch. 29 - Prob. 41PCh. 29 - Unpolarized light of intensity S0 passes first...Ch. 29 - Prob. 43PCh. 29 - Prob. 44PCh. 29 - High microwave intensities can cause biological...Ch. 29 - Use the fact that sunlight intensity at Earths...Ch. 29 - A quasar 10 billion light-years from Earth appears...Ch. 29 - Prob. 48PCh. 29 - Prob. 49PCh. 29 - Find the peak electric and magnetic fields 1.5 m...Ch. 29 - A typical fluorescent lamp is a little more than 1...Ch. 29 - Prob. 52PCh. 29 - A laser produces an average power of 7.0 W in a...Ch. 29 - Prob. 54PCh. 29 - A 65-kg astronaut is floating in empty space. If...Ch. 29 - Prob. 56PCh. 29 - A white dwarf star is approximately the size of...Ch. 29 - Use appropriate data from Appendix E to calculate...Ch. 29 - Prob. 59PCh. 29 - Prob. 60PCh. 29 - In a stack of polarizing sheets, each sheet has...Ch. 29 - Prob. 62PCh. 29 - Prob. 63PCh. 29 - Maxwells equations in a dielectric resemble those...Ch. 29 - Prob. 65PCh. 29 - Your roommates father is CEO of a coal company, so...Ch. 29 - The Voyager I spacecraft is now beyond the outer...Ch. 29 - Prob. 68PCh. 29 - Prob. 69PCh. 29 - The table below shows the intensity of the radio...Ch. 29 - If a sunlight-powered sailing spacecraft...Ch. 29 - Prob. 72PPCh. 29 - A sail capable of propelling a spacecraft to the...Ch. 29 - Prob. 74PP
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