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What is the Rayleigh criterion?
What is the Rayleigh criterion?
- The minimum angular separation at which two point sources can be resolved (correct)
- The size of the Airy disk
- The maximum angular separation at which two point sources can be resolved
- The distance between two point sources
What happens when the Airy disks of two point sources overlap?
What happens when the Airy disks of two point sources overlap?
- The two points can no longer be resolved (correct)
- The two points become clearer
- The distance between the two points decreases
- The size of the Airy disks increases
What is the first minimum of an Airy disk?
What is the first minimum of an Airy disk?
- The point at which brightness is at its lowest (correct)
- The point at which the Airy disk splits into two
- The point at which brightness is at its highest
- The point at which the Airy disk disappears
