NATIONAL UNIVERSITY- HO CHI MINH CITY FINAL EXAM OFPHYSICS A2

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SEMESTER 2, YEAR 2015-2016 Code: X.52

Closed book exam - Duration: 120 min
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS

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PART 1. MULTII'LE CIIOICE QUESTIONS (5 points)

Question 1. An electron participates in:

A. the electromagnetic and gravitational forces only
B. the electromagnetic, gravitational, and weak forces only
C. the electromagnetic, gravitational, and strong forces only
D. the strong and weak forces onlY
then:
euestion 2.If awave function y for a particle moving along the x axis is normalized,

A. 0Y l0t=l t TrYl2 dt=1

. _l*12 dx=1 D. AY l}x=l
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what scattering
euestion 3. A photon of wavelength 1.60 x10'12 m scatters from a free electron. For
the scattered photon?
angle does the iecoiling electron have kinetic energy equal to the energy of
A. 50.0" B. 60.0o C.40.0o D. 70.0o
|flnunucleus is:
Question 4. Given \:1.2fm. The radius of
A. 7.0 fm B. 5.0 fm C' 6'8 fm D' 6'0 fm
Question 5. Messenger particles of the strong interaction are called:
. gluons D' W andZ
ssible values of the z component of orbital
.m2ls and -3.16 x10-34 kg,nf ls. The orbital

A. 3 B. 1 c.4 D'2
freld I Consider
euestion 7. A hydrogen atom in a 3p state is placed in a uniform external magnetic
moment. What field
the interaction of thetagnetic field with the atom's orbital magnetic dipole
magnitude B (in Tesla) iirequired to split the 3p state into multiple levels
with an energy difference
of 3.1x10-sey between adjacent levels?
A.0.49 8.0.64 c.0.59 D.0.54
Question 8. An proton moves with a speed of S.O x Broglie wavelength is
l06m/s. Its de
A.8.4"10-lam B. I .gx lo-12 m c. l.gxlo-l4m D.t.ox1o-1om
euestion 9. In the Zeeman effect, when the atom is put in an external magnetic field B, how many
possible transitions are there from the nD to the mP energy levels?
A.7 B.5 c.3 D.9
Question 10. Evidence for the wave nature of matter is:
A. electron diffraction experiments of Davisson and Germer
B. Young's double slit experiment
c. Thompson's measurement of e/m
D. the Compton effect
Question 11. The quark content of a molecule CO (lf c;lfro; is:
A.40u.38d 8.44u,46d C.40t.42d D. 38u.40d
Question 12. Ameasurement of the length of an object that is moving relative to the laboratory
consists of noting the coordinates of the front and back:
A. at the same time according to clocks that move with the object
B. at the same time according to clocks at rest with respect to the fixed stars
C. at the same time according to clocks at rest in the laboratory
D. at different times according to clocks at rest in the laboratory
Question 13. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle for position and momentum is given by:

A. All other answers are correct. B. l*.1px > *.

L

C. Lx.Lpr>
h O. Ax.Anr
,h
>;
,
Question 14. . For valence electrons in atoms of sodium Na (Z:1 1), while taking into account of the
spin, the sharp spectral lines are the transitions:
A.32\tz-n2D312(n=3,5,6...),3'Pr,r-n2D312(n=3,5,6...),3'Pltz-nzD512(n=3,5,6...),
B.32Dltz-n2F512(n=4,5,6...),3'Dstz-n2F512(n=4,5,6...),3'Dr,r-n2f71;1^=4,5,6...),
c. - n2P1 2(n = 3,5,6...)3' sr,, - n2P3 2(n = 3,5,6 "') ;
32 sr | 2 1 1

o- 32\12 -n2st.tz(n : 4,5,6...); 3'Prtr-nStl z(n= 4,5,6"'),

euestion 15. Let A be the mass number and Zbethe atomic number of a nucleus. Which of the
following is^approximately correct for light nuclei?
A. Z-^2 B. Z:A C. Z:24 D. Z:N2
euestion 16. The total energy of a proton is twice its rest energy. The momentum'of the proton in
MeV/c units is
A.1.42x 103 B.1.32 x 10' c.1.62 x 10' D.1.52x 103
euestion lT.Theratio between spin magnetic moment and spin angular momentum of electron is::

A.
F"e
+=-- B.
il-= 2m^
+ c. b=-*. D. +=-;'
------:- SeSZfr"
Sme Se
euestion A particle in an infinite potential energy well of width a. The particle is at the state of
18.
n:6. The probability of finding particle in the region [a/6,3a/4]is:
A.413 8.7 n2 c.5n2 D.2t3
euestion 19. To a good approximation, the sun's surface is a blackbody with a surface temperature of
6000 K. The wavelength at which the sun emit most strongly is
A.550nm B.483nm C.450nm D' 520nm
Question 20. An electron is in a one-dimensional well with finite potential energy barriers at the
walls. The matter wave:
A. is zero in the well B. extends into the barriers
C. is discontinuous at the barriers D. is zero at the ba:riers

PART 2. PROBLEMS (5 points)

PROBLEM 1(2 points)

A quantum particle has a wave function

.*(x)={f;.-.'*.0 x>o

a) Find the constant A so that the wave function is normalized.

b) Find the probability of finding the particle between x:0 and x:a

PROBLEM 2 (2 points)

A spacecraft is launched from the surface of the Earth with a velocity of 0.600c at an angle of 50.0o above the
horizontal positive x axis. Another spacecraft is moving past with a velocity of 0.700c in the negative x
direction. Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the first spacecraft as measured by the pilot of
the second spacecraft.

Problem 3 (1 points)
Protons are placed in a 3.50T magnetic field that points in the positive z direction.
(a) What is the energy difference between states with the z component of proton spin angular momentum
parallel and antiparallel to the field.
(b) A proton can make a transition from one of these states to the other by emitting or absorbing a photon with
the appropriate energy. Find the frequency and wavelength of such a photon.

Some phltsical constants

Stefan-Boltzmann constant: e5,67. I 0{ W1m2K4;
Wien constant: b:2,898.10-'(m.K)
Compton wavelength of electron. Lo1,426.10-t2 1m;

Bohr magneton: ps =
' =9.27 xtl-241J lT) = 5.8x 10-seV/Tesla
2^"
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Nuclear magneton: pn = *= 5.05078x 10-27 J lf
zmp
Thezcomponent of the spin magnetic moment of the protonlPszlproton =2.79281t'n

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