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notice the scattering vector is perpendicular to that line.
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So you say that this incoming wave was
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scattered perpendicular to this line.
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That's how a mirror works. Right?
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That angle is called the specular angle,
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because speculum is the Latin word for mirror. Right?
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So you're bound to get reinforcement at the specular angle,
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and you know that from having looked at mirrors.
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Now suppose there were another electron on that same line or plane.
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For the same reason it's guaranteed to be in-phase.
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So everything on that plane
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will scatter in-phase at that particular angle.