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Chapter 6, Problem 18E
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Transmitted and reflected wave function.
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To Verify: The ratio of reflected to incident probability density.
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A series of experiments by Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer in the 1920s gave a clear indication of the wave nature of matter. The investigators scattered a relatively low energy electron beam from a nickel crystal. They found very strong reflections at certain angles that varied with the energy of the electron beam. The strong reflections were analogous to those observed in x-ray diffraction. The angles at which the intensity of the reflected beam peaks agreed with the Bragg condition if the electrons were assumed to have a wavelength given by the de Broglie formula. This was conclusive experimental proof of the wave nature of the electron. Davisson and Germer used an electron beam that was directed perpendicular to the surface, as shown. They observed a particularly strong reflection, corresponding to m = 1 in the Bragg condition, at Φ = 50°. At this angle, the spacing between the scattering planes was d = 0.091 nm.
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A series of experiments by Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer in the 1920s gave a clear indication of the wave nature of matter. The investigators scattered a relatively low energy electron beam from a nickel crystal. They found very strong reflections at certain angles that varied with the energy of the electron beam. The strong reflections were analogous to those observed in x-ray diffraction. The angles at which the intensity of the reflected beam peaks agreed with the Bragg condition if the electrons were assumed to have a wavelength given by the de Broglie formula. This was conclusive experimental proof of the wave nature of the electron. Davisson and Germer used an electron beam that was directed perpendicular to the surface, as shown. They observed a particularly strong reflection, corresponding to m = 1 in the Bragg condition, at Φ = 50°. At this angle, the spacing between the scattering planes was d = 0.091 nm.
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A series of experiments by Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer in the 1920s gave a clear indication of the wave nature of matter. The investigators scattered a relatively low energy electron beam from a nickel crystal. They found very strong reflections at certain angles that varied with the energy of the electron beam. The strong reflections were analogous to those observed in x-ray diffraction. The angles at which the intensity of the reflected beam peaks agreed with the Bragg condition if the electrons wereassumed to have a wavelength given by the de Broglie formula. This was conclusive experimental proof of the wave nature of the electron. Davisson and Germer used an electron beam that was directed perpendicular to the surface, as shown. They observed a particularly strong reflection, corresponding to m = 1 in the Bragg condition, at φ = 50°. At this angle, the spacing between the scattering planes was d = 0.091 nm.
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