An electron accelerated to 50 keV in an x-ray tube has two successive collisions in being brought

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An electron accelerated to 50 keV in an x-ray tube has two successive collisions in being brought to rest in the target, emitting two bremsstrahlung photons in the process. The second photon emitted has a wavelength 0.095 nm longer than the first. 

(a) What are the wavelengths of the two photons? 

(b) What was the energy of the electron after emission of the first photon?

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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