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Single Slit Diffraction [5 pts]

Measurements are performed on identically prepared electrons passing through the slit of width () in the apparatus shown in Figure 3. One of the electrons, after passing through the slit is determined to have a momentum in the direction of .


Under the HUP, this result is

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Figure 3: Single Slit Experiment



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Mar 7 15:22:31 EST 1996