An electron is released from rest near an infinite non-conducting sheet of uniform charge density ' $-\sigma$ '. The rate of change of de-Broglie wave length associated with the electron varies inversely as power of time. The numerical value of n is ______.
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Let the momentum of $\mathrm{e}^{-}$at any time $t$ is $p$ and its de-broglie wavelength is $Z$.
Then, $\mathrm{p}=\frac{\mathrm{h}}{\lambda}$
$$
\begin{aligned}
& \frac{d p}{d t}=\frac{-h}{\lambda^2} \frac{d \lambda}{d t} \\
& m a=F=-\frac{h}{\lambda} \frac{d \lambda}{d t} \quad\left[m=\text { mass } d e^{-}\right]
\end{aligned}
$$
Where, se sign represents decrease in $\lambda$ with time
$$
\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm{ma}=\frac{-\mathrm{h}}{(\mathrm{~h} / \mathrm{p})^2} \frac{\mathrm{~d} \lambda}{\mathrm{dt}} \\
& \mathrm{a}=-\frac{\mathrm{p}^2}{\mathrm{mh}} \frac{\mathrm{~d} \lambda}{\mathrm{dt}} \\
& \mathrm{a}=-\frac{\mathrm{mv}}{\mathrm{~h}} \frac{\mathrm{~d} \lambda}{\mathrm{dt}} \\
& \frac{\mathrm{~d} \lambda}{\mathrm{dt}}=-\frac{\mathrm{ah}}{\mathrm{mv} \mathrm{v}^2}
\end{aligned}
$$
here, $\mathrm{a}=\frac{\mathrm{qE}}{\mathrm{m}}=\frac{\mathrm{e}}{\mathrm{m}} \frac{\sigma}{2 \varepsilon_0}$
$$
\mathrm{a}=\frac{\sigma \mathrm{e}}{2 \mathrm{~m} \varepsilon_0}
$$
and $\mathrm{v}=\mathrm{u}+$ at
$$
v=a t
$$
Substituting values of a $\& \&$ in equation (1)
$$
\begin{aligned}
& \frac{\mathrm{d} \lambda}{\mathrm{dt}}=-\frac{2 \mathrm{~h} \varepsilon_0}{\sigma \mathrm{et}^2} \\
& \Rightarrow \frac{\mathrm{~d} \lambda}{\mathrm{dt}} \propto \frac{1}{\mathrm{t}^2} \\
& \Rightarrow \mathrm{n}=2
\end{aligned}
$$
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