An electron of mass m and magnitude of charge $|e|$ initially at rest gets accelerated by a constant electric field E.
Question:
An electron of mass $m$ and magnitude of charge $|e|$ initially at rest gets accelerated by a constant electric field $\mathrm{E}$. The rate of change of de-Broglie wavelength of this electron at time $t$ ignoring relativistic effects is:
Correct Option: , 4
Solution:
(4) Acceleration of electron in electric field, $a=\frac{e E}{m}$
Using equation
$v=u+a t$
$\Rightarrow v=0+\frac{e E}{m} t$
$\Rightarrow v=\frac{e E t}{m}$ ...(i)
De-broglie wavelength $\lambda$ is given by
$\lambda=\frac{h}{m v}=\frac{h}{m\left(\frac{e E t}{m}\right)}$ [using (i)]
$\Rightarrow \lambda=\frac{h}{e E t}$
Differentiating w.r.t. $t$
$\frac{d \lambda}{d t}=\frac{d\left(\frac{h}{e E t}\right)}{d t}$ $\Rightarrow \frac{d \lambda}{d t}=\frac{-h}{e E t^{2}}$