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The document calculates the energy of a photon with a wavelength of 0.20 nm using the Planck-Einstein relation. It finds the energy to be 6.2 keV. It then calculates the kinetic energy of the photon using the de Broglie wavelength and finds values of 37 eV and 5.2 meV, both much smaller than the rest energy, validating the nonrelativistic approximation.

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Problem39 04

The document calculates the energy of a photon with a wavelength of 0.20 nm using the Planck-Einstein relation. It finds the energy to be 6.2 keV. It then calculates the kinetic energy of the photon using the de Broglie wavelength and finds values of 37 eV and 5.2 meV, both much smaller than the rest energy, validating the nonrelativistic approximation.

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hc ( 4.136 ×10 −15 eV ⋅ s) (3.

00 ×10 8 m s)
39.4: a)  E = = = 6.2 keV.
λ (0.20 ×10 −9 m)
p2 (h λ) 2 (( 6.626 ×10 −34 J ⋅ s) (0.20 ×10 −9 m)) 2
b)  K = = =
2m 2m 2(9.11 ×10 −31 kg)
= 6.0 ×10 −18 J = 37 eV.
Note that the kinetic energy found this way is much smaller than the rest energy, so the
nonrelativistic approximation is appropriate.
p2 (h λ ) 2 (( 6.626 ×10 −34 J ⋅ s) (0.20 ×10 −9 m)) 2
c)  K = = = −27
= 8.3 ×10 −22 J =
2m 2m 2(6.64 ×10 kg)
5.2 meV. Again, the nonrelativistic approximation is appropriate.

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