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 What is meant by wave-particle duality?  
What was the basis for deBroglie's hypothesis?  
What is the evidence for the wave nature of the electron?  
Describe the Davisson-Germer experiment and its implications.  
Describe the two standard forms of the uncertainty principle.  
What are the implications of the uncertainty principle for the energies required to contain a particle in a small volume? 
How are the energy halfwidth and the lifetimes of short-lived particles related?  
How is the uncertainty principle used to estimate the range of fundamental forces?  
  
Homework set #5 
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