Shape of Fringes in YDSE
Classical Mechanics
Level
3
Shape of fringes formed on screen will be-
Straight Line
Ellipse
None of These
Circular
Hyperbolic
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1 solution
The points on the screen having the same path difference will have the same intensity.
One of the definition of a hyperbola: For two given points, the foci, a hyperbola is the locus of points such that the difference between the distance to each focus is constant.
Therefore, the required pattern is hyperbolic.