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IMAGE 3<\/strong><\/p>\n This image has axial symmetry perpendicular to the axial symmetry of the worm. The worm is mostly linear, and so is the diffraction.<\/p>\n (complete file for image 3:\u00a0book 3<\/a>\u00a0) <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMAGE 4<\/strong><\/p>\n See comment for image 3.<\/p>\n (complete file for image 4:\u00a0book 4<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMAGE 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Although this does not have an “inversion center” (the worm does not complete a loop), it is significantly less straight than the first few examples. Correspondingly, the diffraction pattern has an axial symmetry perpendicular to the “axis” of the worm. However, it splays out to a higher degree, indicating that the area of the pattern corresponds with the curvature of the worm.<\/p>\n (full file for image 5:\u00a0book 5<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMAGE 6<\/strong><\/p>\n This further backs up my hypothesis from image 5. The curvature of the worm is great and the area of the pattern is also large. However, this worm does have a sort of “inversion center.” The diffraction image has an eye in the center, which is different than all of the preceding images. The curvature of the worm greatly effects the produced image, which is not surprising, but the overall shape of the image changes dramatically. With more circular worms, an “eye” is formed in the center of the diffraction pattern, and the pattern here has both some rotational symmetry and axial symmetry. With straighter worms, the diffraction is much more linear, containing only axial symmetry.<\/p>\n (full file for image 6:\u00a0book 6<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMAGE 7<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Screen](\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/magnes\/files\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-24-at-12.22.33-PM.png\")
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