JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 7

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    An electron of mass m with an initial velocity \[\vec{v}={{v}_{0}}\hat{i}({{v}_{0}}>0)\]enters an electric field \[\vec{E}=-{{\vec{E}}_{0}}\hat{i}\](\[{{E}_{0}}=\]constant > 0) at t = 0. If \[{{\lambda }_{0}}\] is its de-Broglie wavelength initially, then its de- Broglie wavelength at time t is

    A)  \[\frac{{{\lambda }_{0}}}{\left( 1+\frac{e{{E}_{0}}}{m{{v}_{0}}}t \right)}\]   

    B)  \[{{\lambda }_{0}}\left( 1+\frac{e{{E}_{0}}}{m{{v}_{0}}}t \right)\]

    C)  \[{{\lambda }_{0}}t\]               

    D)  \[{{\lambda }_{0}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] : Here, \[\vec{E}=-{{E}_{0}}\hat{i};\]initial velocity\[\vec{v}={{v}_{0}}\hat{i}\] Force acting on electron due to electric field \[\vec{F}=(-e(-{{E}_{0}}\hat{i})=e{{E}_{0}}\hat{i}\] Acceleration  produced  in   the  electron,\[\vec{a}=\frac{{\vec{F}}}{m}=\frac{e{{E}_{0}}}{m}\hat{i}\] Now, velocity of electron after time t, \[{{\vec{v}}_{t}}=\vec{v}+\vec{a}t=\left( {{v}_{0}}+\frac{e{{E}_{0}}t}{m} \right)\hat{i}\]or\[|{{\vec{v}}_{t}}|={{v}_{0}}+\frac{e{{E}_{0}}t}{m}\] Now,\[{{\lambda }_{t}}=\frac{h}{m{{v}_{t}}}=\frac{h}{m\left( {{v}_{0}}+\frac{e{{E}_{0}}t}{m} \right)}=\frac{h}{m{{v}_{0}}\left( 1+\frac{e{{E}_{0}}t}{m{{v}_{0}}} \right)}\] \[=\frac{{{\lambda }_{0}}}{\left( 1+\frac{e{{E}_{0}}t}{m{{v}_{0}}} \right)}\]                 \[\left( \because {{\lambda }_{0}}=\frac{h}{m{{v}_{0}}} \right)\]


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