In a circular accelerator a proton is accelerated to an energy of 1012 eV, as measured in the laboratory frame. If the rest energy of the proton is 109 eV, calculate
the speed of the proton as measured in the laboratory frame
ii) the force that must be applied by the magnets in the accelerator to keep the
protons moving at this speed in a circle of radius 1000 m.
i) The energy of the proton
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Plot a graph between binding energy per nucleon as a function of mass number. Write the main features of the curve.
Two events happen simultaneously in the frame S at a distance of 3.0 light years apart. In the frame S′, which is moving with a speed v relative to S, the distance between these events is 3.5 light years. Calculate (i) v and (ii) the time interval between these events in the frame S′
State the selection rules for allowed transitions in multielectrons atoms
Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of an electron accelerated by a potential of 1000 V. Also calculate the wavelength of the X-rays that would be produced when these electrons strike a solid.
In a region of space a particle of mass m has a wavefunction:
where a is a positive constant. Calculate:
i) the normalization constant N
ii) the potential energy of the particle if the total energy of the particle is zero.
A radioactive substance of 1 g is reduced to 2.1 mg in 5 years by alpha decay. Calculate the half-life of the substance.
Consider nuclei with small mass number A such that N = Z = A/2 . Neglecting
pairing term (∈) show that semi-empirical formula is given by
Obtain the value of A and Z for which binding energy per nucleon (BE / A) is maximum. Take β = 17.8, δ = 0.71.