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Wave property of electrons implies that they will show diffraction effects. Davisson and Germer demonstrated this by diffracting electrons from crystals. The law governing the diffraction from a crystal is obtained by requiring that electron waves reflected from the planes of atoms in a crystal interfere constructively (see figure).

Question : In an experiment, electrons are made to pass through a narrow slit of width d comparable to their de Broglie wavelength. They are detected on a screen at a distance D from the slit.

Which of the following graphs can be expected to represent the number of electrons  N detected as a function of the detector position y ( y = 0 corresponds to the middle of the slit)?

 

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As we learnt in

Davisson Germer Experiment -

A beam of electrons emitted by the electron gun is made to fall on the nickel crystal cut along cubicle at a particular angle.

- wherein

The scattered electron is received by the detector which can be rotated at any angle.

 

 

Davisson Germer Experiment -

The energy of the incident beam of electrons can be varied by changing the applied voltage to the electron gun.

- wherein

Intensity of scattered beam of electrons is found to be maximum when angle of scattering is 50^{o} and the accelerating potential is 54 V

 

 As number of electron decreases both side of central maximum symmetrically.

Correct graph is 1.


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Option 3)

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