Waves and photons
Exercise 3
The radioactive isotope $^{60}Co$ emits $\gamma$ photons at $1.887\cdot 10^{-13}J$.
What is the wavelength of these photons?
$E_{photon}$ $=$ $h\nu$ =
$1.887\cdot 10^{-13}J$
$\nu$ $=$ $\frac{E}{\nu}$ $=$ $\frac{1.887\cdot 10^{-13}}{6.626\cdot 10^{-34}}$ =
$2.848\cdot 10^{20}Hz$
$\lambda$ $=$ $\frac{c}{\nu}$ $=$ $\frac{3\cdot 10^8}{2.848\cdot 10^{20}}$ =
$1.053\cdot 10^{-12}m$