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FortranMan
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I have been seeing interference and diffraction problems involving the double slit and single slit equations that ask for things like the "highest order maxima" or minima, which I have learned are basically found by setting the angle to 90 degrees. My question is are there any real world applications of this problem? In the lab it is nearly impossible to detect a maxima or minima at 90 degrees unless you have a highly sensitive photodetector. Is this a problem typically encountered in particle physics where you are worried about radiation perpendicular to the beam path?