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Grade 11Wave Motion

can i have an expression between particle velocity and wave velocity

Profile image of Abhinav Balaji
16 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Askiitians Expert Bharath-IITD
16 Years ago

Dear Abhinav,

The concept of particle velocity and wave velocities come in case of a wave packet or group wave....

                 The particle velocity is nothing but the group velocity vg=dω/dk. And wave velocity is v=ω/k

which implies  ω = v*k substituting this we get  vg=( dv/dk )* k + v

 

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