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Chapter 20: Traveling Waves 20.1 The wave model 20.2 One-dimensional waves 20.3 Sinusoidal waves 20.4 Waves in 2- & 3-dimensions 20.5 Sound and Light Waves 20.6 Power and Intensity 20.7 Doppler Effect
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What is the essence of waviness?
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The Wave Model
What is a wave? … a disturbance that moves through a medium (or vacuum). Types of waves:
- 1. Mechanical waves: water waves and sound waves
- 2. Electromagnetic waves: light waves including radio waves, x-rays, etc
- 3. Matter waves: electrons and atoms show wave-like characteristics
Wave
Continuous, nonlocalized, collective
Particles
discrete, localized, individual 4
Waves: examples
- 1. Ripples on a pond …
Think of a leaf, or a cork on the water … … this leaf (or water) “bobs” up and down, but the disturbance, i. e. the ripples, moves to the edge of the pond.
- 2. Slinky …
the disturbance, red-dot moves back and forth…, but the wave moves from one end to the other. A wave transfers energy, but no material or substance from the source.