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Chapter 24, Problem 40P
Resolving power
* Resolution of telescope How will the resolution limit of a telescope change if you take pictures of stars using a blue filter as opposed to using a red filter? Explain.
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Conceptualize Identify the aperture through which the light travels as the opening of the telescope. Light passing through this aperture causes ---Select--- v patterns to
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The Hale telescope on Mount Palomar has a diameter of 5.08 m (200 in.).
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7. What does the...Ch. 24 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions You shine a green laser...Ch. 24 - 10. Describe a double-slit interference experiment...Ch. 24 - You are investigating a pattern produced on a...Ch. 24 - 12. Give examples of phenomena that can be...Ch. 24 - 13. Give examples of phenomena that cannot be...Ch. 24 - Prob. 14CQCh. 24 - 15. Draw a point-like source of light. What is the...Ch. 24 - Draw two coherent light sources next to each...Ch. 24 - 17. Use the wave front representation to explain...Ch. 24 - 18. Use the wave front representation to explain...Ch. 24 - Compare the interference pattern produced by two...Ch. 24 - Draw 10 coherent point-like sources of light...Ch. 24 - If you see green light of 520-nm wavelength when...Ch. 24 - 22. Imagine that you have a very thin uniform oil...Ch. 24 - (a) Draw a picture of what you will see on a...Ch. 24 - Describe three situations that you can analyze...Ch. 24 - Why can you hear a person who is around a corner...Ch. 24 - 26 Astronomers often called the resolution limit...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Young’s double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Young’s double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - Gratings: an application of interference Light of...Ch. 24 - 24.3 Gratings: an application of interference...Ch. 24 - 24.3 Gratings: an application of interference
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24. * Thin-film coated...Ch. 24 - Thin-film interference * Thin-film coated glass...Ch. 24 - 24.4 Thin-film interference
26. Two flat glass...Ch. 24 - 24.5 Diffraction of light * Explain diffraction...Ch. 24 - 24.5 Diffraction of light * How did we derive it?...Ch. 24 - 24.5 Diffraction of light
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43 * Draw a graphical...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - Prob. 48PCh. 24 - Prob. 50PCh. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - 24.7 Skills for applying the wave model of light *...Ch. 24 - * Monochromatic light passes through two slits and...Ch. 24 - 64. Sound from speakers Two stereo speakers...Ch. 24 - Prob. 65GPCh. 24 - 66. Diffraction of water waves entering a harbor ...Ch. 24 - ** Variable thickness wedge A wedge of glass of...Ch. 24 - Prob. 69GPCh. 24 - Looking at Moon rocks You have a home telescope...Ch. 24 - * BIO EST Diffraction-limited resolving power of...Ch. 24 - 72. * Resolving sunspots You are looking at...Ch. 24 - s Mare Imbrium The outermost ring of mountains...Ch. 24 - * Can you see atoms with a light-based microscope?...Ch. 24 - * Detecting insects by diffraction of sound A...Ch. 24 - BIO What is 20/20 vision? Vision is often measured...Ch. 24 -
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