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2 years ago

An aurora occurs when?

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energetic electrically charged particles (mostly electrons) accelerate along the magnetic field lines into the upper atmosphere, where they collide with gas atoms, causing the atoms to give off light.

(exploratorium.com)

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$d sin \theta = m \lambda$

where

d is spacing between the lines in the grating

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m is the order of diffraction

$\lambda$ is the wavelength of the light

For laser 1,

$d sin \theta = m_1 \lambda_1$

For laser 2,

$d sin \theta = m_2 \lambda_2$

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$\lambda_1 = 420 nm\\\lambda_2 = 630 nm$

Since the position of the maxima in the two cases overlaps, then the term $d sin \theta$ on the left is the same for the two cases, therefore we can write:

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$d sin \theta = m_1 \lambda_1$

where:

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Solving for $\theta$ , we find the angle of the maximum:

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So the angle is

$\theta=sin^{-1}(0.572)=34.9^{\circ}$

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