Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 44, Problem 4P

(a)

To determine

Prove that d12404πmc2=98.7mc2.

(b)

To determine

The relation between the range and the mass.

(c)

To determine

The range of the force that might be produced by the virtual exchange of proton.

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(a) Prove that the exchange of a virtual particle of mass m can be associated with a force with a range given by                                            d ≈ 1240/4πmc2 = 98.7/mc2where d is in nanometers and mc2 is in electron volts. (b) State the pattern of dependence of the range on the mass. (c) What is the range of the force that might be produced by the virtual exchange of a proton?
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The degeneracy pressure of the electrons can stabilize the collapse of a star due to gravity by equating the gravitational inward pressure with the outward electron gas degeneracy pressure. These cold stars called white dwarfs have small radii compared to their original size and this radius decreases as the original mass of the star increases. As the mass of a star increases, the electron energy increases to a point in which their energy has to be treated relativistically. (a) Evaluate the degeneracy pressure for ultra-relativistic electrons (problem 2, above). (b) As the pressure increases, the reaction e − + p → n + ν takes place. The neutrinos (ν) escape as matter is transparent to them, electrons and protons convert to neutrons until we are left with a neutron star. Using your expression for the degeneracy pressure obtained in (a) above, equate the gravitational pressureto the neutron degeneracy pressure (replace the electron’s mass in your degeneracy pressure expression from (a)…
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