Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  • A
    de Broglie waves are probability waves and are not physically generated.
  • B
    The de Broglie wavelength of a moving particle is inversely proportional to its momentum.
  • C
    The wave nature is associated only with atomic particles.
  • D
    Generally,the wave nature of matter is not observed.

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When a particle is restricted to move along the $x$-axis between $x=0$ and $x=a$,where $a$ is of nanometer dimension,its energy can take only certain specific values. The allowed energies of the particle moving in such a restricted region correspond to the formation of standing waves with nodes at its ends $x=0$ and $x=a$. The wavelength of this standing wave is related to the linear momentum $p$ of the particle according to the de Broglie relation. The energy of the particle of mass $m$ is related to its linear momentum as $E = \frac{p^2}{2m}$. Thus,the energy of the particle can be denoted by a quantum number $n$ taking values $1, 2, 3, \ldots$ ($n=1$,called the ground state) corresponding to the number of loops in the standing wave. Use the model described above to answer the following three questions for a particle moving in the line $x=0$ to $x=a$. Take $h = 6.6 \times 10^{-34} \ J \ s$ and $e = 1.6 \times 10^{-19} \ C$.
$1.$ The allowed energy for the particle for a particular value of $n$ is proportional to
$(A) \ a^{-2} \ (B) \ a^{-3/2} \ (C) \ a^{-1} \ (D) \ a^2$
$2.$ If the mass of the particle is $m = 1.0 \times 10^{-30} \ kg$ and $a = 6.6 \ \text{nm}$,the energy of the particle in its ground state is closest to
$(A) \ 0.8 \ \text{meV} \ (B) \ 8 \ \text{meV} \ (C) \ 80 \ \text{meV} \ (D) \ 800 \ \text{meV}$
$3.$ The speed of the particle,that can take discrete values,is proportional to
$(A) \ n^{-3/2} \ (B) \ n^{-1} \ (C) \ n^{1/2} \ (D) \ n$

$A$ particle of mass $1 \times 10^{-30} \,kg$ and electric charge $1.6 \times 10^{-19} \,C$ has a de-Broglie wavelength of $660 \,nm$. The kinetic energy of this particle is (Planck's constant,$h = 6.6 \times 10^{-34} \,J \cdot s$)

According to the de-Broglie hypothesis, the ratio of the wavelength of a photon and that of an electron having the same energy $E$ is $(m = \text{mass of electron}, c = \text{velocity of light})$

The potential energy of a particle of mass $m$ is given by $U(x) = \begin{cases} E_0, & 0 \le x \le 1 \\ 0, & x > 1 \end{cases}$. Let $\lambda_1$ and $\lambda_2$ be the de-Broglie wavelengths of the particle when $0 \le x \le 1$ and $x > 1$ respectively. If the total energy of the particle is $2E_0$,find $(\lambda_1/\lambda_2)^2$.

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An electron of mass $m_{e}$ and a proton of mass $m_{p} = 1836 m_{e}$ are moving with the same speed. The ratio of their de Broglie wavelength $\frac{\lambda_{\text{electron}}}{\lambda_{\text{proton}}}$ will be ....... .

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