Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

Question:

A particle of mass 4 m at rest decays into two particles of mass m and 3m having non-zero velocities. The ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths of the particles 1 and 2 is:

Options:

1/2

1/4

2

1

Correct Answer:

1

Explanation:

According to law of conservation of linear momentum, two particles will have equal and opposite momentum.

The de Broglie wavelength is given by

$λ=\frac{h}{p}$   $∴\frac{λ_1}{λ_2}=1$