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Tutorial - Nuclear and Particle Physics: h, calculate a limit on β = v/c

The document contains 5 questions about nuclear and particle physics concepts including calculating the speed of an electron given its radius, deriving an expression for the proton magnetic moment, explaining why a particular nuclear reaction has a small cross section due to isospin symmetry, estimating the radii of mirror nuclei based on their mass difference, and determining the isospin values that can be reached in certain nuclear reactions.

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Tutorial - Nuclear and Particle Physics: h, calculate a limit on β = v/c

The document contains 5 questions about nuclear and particle physics concepts including calculating the speed of an electron given its radius, deriving an expression for the proton magnetic moment, explaining why a particular nuclear reaction has a small cross section due to isospin symmetry, estimating the radii of mirror nuclei based on their mass difference, and determining the isospin values that can be reached in certain nuclear reactions.

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Tutorial - Nuclear and Particle Physics

Q 1. Assume the radius of an electron to be less than 1016 m. If we classically assume the electron to be a spinning solid sphere with spin 1 h , calculate a limit on = v/c 2 of a point on the electron equator ? Q 2. If the proton magnetic moment were due to the rotational motion of a positive spherical charge distribution of radius R spinning about its axis with angular speed 2 , show that = eR . Using this result obtain the expression = (e/2m)s. 5 Q 3. Explain using your knowledge of isospin symmetry why the reaction below has to have a negligible cross section. The measured cross section is indeed found to be very small, 13 pico-barns (1 pico barn = 1012 barns). Why is it non zero? d + d + 0 Q 4. Since 27 Si and 27 Al are mirror nuclei, their ground states are identical except for charge. If their mass dierence is 6 MeV, estimate their radii (neglecting the protonneutron mass dierence). Is it correct to assume that they will have exactly equal radii? What if these nuclei were much heavier (large A). Q 5. Consider the reactions d + 16O + 14N d + 12C p + 13C Assuming isospin invariance, what isospin values can be reached by these reactions for the states in 14 N and 13 C ? (16 O, 12 C, , and d denote ground states; 14 N and 13 C can be excited.)

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