What is meant by wave-particle duality?
What was the basis for deBroglie's hypothesis?
What is the evidence for the wave nature of the electron?
Describe the Davisson-Germer experiment and its implications.
Describe the two standard forms of the uncertainty principle.
What are the implications of the uncertainty principle for the energies required to contain a particle in a small volume?
How are the energy halfwidth and the lifetimes of short-lived particles related?
How is the uncertainty principle used to estimate the range of fundamental forces?
Homework set #5
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