Conceptual Physics

ș = angular size (in radians) h = height of object d = distance to object What is the angular size of this person’s thumb at the ...

33.14 - Telescopes Simple refracting (lens-based) telescopes have two lenses. A clever configuration of these lenses enables the ...

33.15 - Lens aberrations Lens aberration: Imperfection in the images formed by a lens. Spherical aberration: Image blurring due ...

A compound lens made with lenses of different indices of refraction can counteract this effect. This type of achromatic lens is ...

Chapter 33 Problems Conceptual Problems C.1 An object is placed between the focal point of a converging lens and a distance twic ...

Section Problems Section 0 - Introduction 0.1 Use the simulation in the interactive problem in this section to answer the follow ...

7.5 An object is placed in front of a thin lens at a distance of 7.00 cm, and the lens produces an inverted image that is twice ...

Section 10 - Nearsightedness 10.1 Nellie is nearsighted. She cannot focus on objects farther than 40.0 cm from her unaided eye. ...

34.0 - Introduction Light is a particle. Many of the great scientists of the 17th and 18th centuries who made fundamental contri ...

Coherent. This means the phase difference between the light waves arriving at any location remains constant over time. The fir ...

respective slits, this means the waves are ʌ/2 radians (180°) out of phase when they arrive at the screen. This causes destructi ...

by changing the location of the adjustable mirror. The compensating plate ensures that both beams pass through the same amount o ...

34.5 - Diffraction Diffraction: The expansion or spreading of a wave front. In this section, we switch from light to sound waves ...

In Concept 2, you see the wave front created by the wavelets moving toward a barrier with a gap in it. Before the wavelets reach ...

diffraction pattern will be created on the screen. This pattern arises from interference among light waves coming through differ ...

contribute to this mind boggling capability. You do not need a telescope to understand what is meant by resolving power. You can ...

reflects off pits and land. The intensity is measured and interpreted as a series of ones and zeros (digital information) by pho ...

Chapter Assumptions Unless stated otherwise, use the following indices of refraction nair = 1.00 nwater = 1.33 nglass = 1.50 Cha ...

3.2 The adjustable mirror in a Michelson interferometer is moved a distance of 0.223 mm and 769 bright fringes cross the field o ...

35.0 - Introduction With a pair of brilliant papers published in 1905 and 1915, Albert Einstein inaugurated a revolution in phys ...