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MODERN PHYSICS (LOOSELEAF)
Chapter 2, Problem 58P
Chapter 2, Problem 58P
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MODERN PHYSICS (LOOSELEAF)
4th Edition
ISBN:
9781119495550
Author: Krane
Publisher:
WILEY
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1 Some Deficiencies Of Classical Physics
2 The Special Theory Of Relativity
3 The Particle-like Properties Of Electromagnetic Radiation
4 The Wavelike Properties Of Particles
5 The Schrödinger Equation
6 The Rutherford-bohr Model Of The Atom
7 The Hydrogen Atom In Wave Mechanics
8 Many-electron Atoms
9 Molecular Structure
10 Statistical Physics
11 Solid-state Physics
12 Nuclear Structure And Radioactivity
13 Nuclear Reactions And Applications
14 Elementary Particles
15 Cosmology: The Origin And Fate Of The Universe
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Problem 2Q
Problem 3Q: Describe the situation of Figure 2.4 as it would appear from the reference frame of O′.
Problem 4Q: Does the Michelson–Morley experiment show that the ether does not exist or that it is merely...
Problem 5Q: Suppose we made a pair of shears in which the cutting blades were many orders of magnitude longer...
Problem 6Q: Light travels through water at a speed of about 2.25 × 108 m/s. Is it possible for a particle to...
Problem 7Q: Is it possible to have particles that travel at the speed of light? What does Eq. 2.36 require of...
Problem 8Q: How does relativity combine space and time coordinates into spacetime?
Problem 9Q: Einstein developed the relativity theory after trying unsuccessfully to imagine how a light beam...
Problem 10Q: Explain in your own words the terms time dilation and length contraction.
Problem 11Q: Does the Moon’s disk appear to be a different size to a space traveler approaching it at v = 0.99c,...
Problem 12Q: According to the time dilation effect, would the life expectancy of someone who lives at the equator...
Problem 13Q: Criticize the following argument. “Here is a way to travel faster than light. Suppose a star is 10...
Problem 14Q: Is it possible to synchronize clocks that are in motion relative to each other? Try to design a...
Problem 15Q: Suppose event A causes event B. To one observer, event A comes before event B. Is it possible that...
Problem 16Q: Is mass a conserved quantity in classical physics? In special relativity?
Problem 17Q: “In special relativity, mass and energy are equivalent.” Discuss this statement and give examples.
Problem 18Q: Which is more massive, an object at low temperature or the same object at high temperature? A spring...
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Problem 1P: You are piloting a small airplane in which you want to reach a destination that is 750 km due north...
Problem 2P: A moving sidewalk 95 m in length carries passengers at a speed of 0.53 m/s. One passenger has a...
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Problem 4P
Problem 5P
Problem 6P: An astronaut must journey to a distant planet, which is 300 light-years from Earth. What speed will...
Problem 7P: The proper lifetime of a certain particle is 120.0 ns. (a) How long does it live in the laboratory...
Problem 8P: High-energy particles are observed in laboratories by photographing the tracks they leave in certain...
Problem 9P
Problem 10P: Two spaceships approach the Earth from opposite directions. According to an observer on the Earth,...
Problem 11P: Rocket A leaves a space station with a speed of 0.811c. Later, rocket B leaves in the same direction...
Problem 12P: One of the strongest emission lines observed from distant galaxies comes from hydrogen and has a...
Problem 13P
Problem 14P: Three rods are joined to form a 45–45–90 triangle, which is placed at rest in the xy plane with its...
Problem 15P: In the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (an accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New...
Problem 16P: Derive the Lorentz velocity transformations for and .
Problem 17P: Observer O fires a light beam in the y direction (vy = c). Use the Lorentz velocity transformation...
Problem 18P: A light bulb at point x in the frame of reference of O blinks on and off at intervals Δt = t2 − t1....
Problem 19P: A neutral K meson at rest decays into two π mesons, which travel in opposite directions along the x...
Problem 20P: A rod in the reference frame of observer O makes an angle of 34° with the x axis. According to...
Problem 21P: Two events occur at locations separated by a distance of 49.5 m and by a time interval of 0.528 μs,...
Problem 22P: According to observer O, a blue flash occurs at xb = 10.4 m when tb = 0.124 μs, and a red flash...
Problem 23P: Suppose the speed of light were 1000 mi/h. You are traveling on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston,...
Problem 24P: Suppose rocket traveler Amelia has a clock made on Earth. Every year on her birthday she sends a...
Problem 25P: Suppose Amelia traveled at a speed of 0.80c to a star that (according to Casper on Earth) is 8.0...
Problem 26P: Make a drawing similar to Figure 2.20 showing the world-lines of Casper and Amelia from Casper’s...
Problem 27P: Two twins make a round-trip journey from Earth to a star that is 12 light-years distant. Alice...
Problem 28P: Agnes makes a round trip at a constant speed to a star that is 16 light-years distant from Earth,...
Problem 29P: (a) Using the relativistically correct final velocities for the collision shown in Figure 2.21a ,...
Problem 30P: Find the momentum, kinetic energy, and total energy of a proton moving at a speed of 0.835c.
Problem 31P: An electron is moving with a kinetic energy of 0.923 MeV. What is its speed?
Problem 32P
Problem 33P
Problem 34P
Problem 35P: Use Equations 2.32 and 2.36 to derive Equation 2.39.
Problem 36P: By carrying the binomial expansion one term farther, find the next term after in the classical...
Problem 37P: (a) According to observer O, a certain particle has a momentum of 1256 MeV/c and a total...
Problem 38P: An electron is moving at a speed of 0.85c. By how much must its kinetic energy increase to raise its...
Problem 39P
Problem 40P: Find the kinetic energy of an electron moving at a speed of (a) v = 1.00 × 10−4c; (b) v = 1.00 ×...
Problem 41P: An electron and a proton are each accelerated starting from rest through a potential difference of...
Problem 42P
Problem 43P
Problem 44P: A π meson of rest energy 139.6 MeV moving at a speed of 0.921c collides with and sticks to a proton...
Problem 45P: An electron and a positron (an antielectron) make a head-on collision, each moving at v = 0.99999c....
Problem 46P: It is desired to create a particle of mass 9460 MeV/c2 in a head-on collision between a proton and...
Problem 47P: A particle of rest energy mc2 is moving with speed v in the positive x direction. The particle...
Problem 48P: Let’s consider a different approach to Example 2.21, in which two protons collide to form an...
Problem 49P: In the muon decay experiment discussed in Section 2.9 as a verification of time dilation, the muons...
Problem 50P: Derive the relativistic expression p2/2K = m + K/2c2, which is plotted in Figure 2.28a.
Problem 51P: Suppose we want to send an astronaut on a round trip to visit a star that is 200 light- years...
Problem 52P
Problem 53P: Observer O sees a red flash of light at the origin at t = 0 and a blue flash of light at x = 3.65 km...
Problem 54P: Several spacecraft leave a space station at the same time. Relative to an observer on the station, A...
Problem 55P: Observer O sees a light turn on at x = 524 m when t = 1.52 μs. Observer O′ is in motion at a speed...
Problem 56P: Suppose an observer O measures a particle of mass m moving in the x direction to have speed v,...
Problem 57P
Problem 58P
Problem 59P
Problem 60P: A beam of 2.14 × 1011 electrons/s moving at a speed of 0.813c strikes a block of copper that is used...
Problem 61P: An electron moving at a speed of vi = 0.960c in the positive x direction collides with another...
Problem 62P: A pion has a rest energy of 135 MeV. It decays into two gamma-ray photons, bursts of electromagnetic...
Problem 63P
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