Wave phenomena

A topic sure to be a hit for budding astronomers, Wave Phenomena enables students to quantitatively describe the Doppler effect and to determine whether two distant light sources can be resolved. There are some nice practical opportunities when considering the factors affecting diffraction for light passing through single slits, double slits and circular apertures. Thin-film interference explains the phenomena of rainbow...

To access the entire contents of this site, you need to log in or subscribe to it.

Alternatively, you can request a one month free trial.