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What is the wavelength of a neutron of kinetic energy 1MeV? Of kinetic energy 20 eV? (The...

What is the wavelength of a neutron of kinetic energy 1MeV? Of kinetic energy 20 eV? (The difference is important for fission of uranium, as a neutron will be more easily absorbed when its wavelength is very large compared with the dimensions of the uranium nucleus, -15 fm. In effect, a neutron of long wavelength behaves more like a diffuse wave than like a localized particle.)

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