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6.0 MeV . Assuming that the nuclei have a spherically symmetric charge distribution and
e2 49
that is approximately 1.0 MeV-fm, the radius of the Mn nucleus is
4 0
25
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Ans. 1: (c)
1/ 3
AMg
1/ 3
RMg 27
Solution: Since R R0 A
1/ 3
RCu ACu 64
RMg 3 3
RMg 4.8 10 13 3.6 10 13 cm.
RCu 4 4
Ans. 2: (c)
Ans. 3: (b)
Solution: The internal structure of proton can only be determined if the wavelength of the
incoming electron is nearly equal to the size of the proton
i.e. R 1.2 A1/ 3 fm 1.2 fm 1.2 1015 m
h h
According to de-Broglie relation,
p 2mE
This can be also written as E 2 h 2 2 / c 2 m02 c 4
Ans. 4: (b)
3 1 10 15
Solution: R
3e 2
5 W
Z 12 Z 22
5 6
25 2 24 2 4.9 10 15 m .
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Q2. Let ES denotes the contribution of the surface energy per nucleon in the liquid drop
Q3. The binding energy of a light nucleus Z , A in MeV is given by the approximate formula
B A, Z 16 A 20 A 2/3 3
Z 2 A 1 / 3 30
N Z 2
4 A
where N A Z is the neutron number. The value of Z of the most stable isobar for a
given A is
1 1 1
A A2 / 3 A A A2 / 3 A A4 / 3
(a) 1 (b) (c) 1 (d) 1
2 160 2 2 120 2 64
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Q4. If the binding energy B of a nucleus (mass number A and charge Z ) is given by
2Z A
2
aC Z 2
B aV A aS A 2/3
asym
A A1/ 3
where aV 16 MeV , a S 16 MeV , a sym 24 MeV and aC 0.75 MeV , then for the most
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Q6. The Bethe-Weizsacker formula for the binding energy (in MeV) of a nucleus of atomic
number Z and mass number A is
Z Z 1 A 2Z
2
a4
is the mass number of the nucleus. If 30 . The atomic number Z for naturally stable
a2
isobars (constant value of A ) is
30 A 30 A 60 A 120 A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
60 A2 / 3 30 A2 / 3 120 A2 / 3 60 A2 / 3
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Ans. 3: (a)
1
B A A2 / 3
Solution: 0 Z 1
Z Z Z 2 160
Ans. 4: (c)
dB 2 2Z A 2 2aC Z
Solution: For the most stable isobar for a nucleus 0 asym 1/ 3 0
dZ A A
2 2 Z 216 2 2Z 4 2Z 216 3 2Z
24 0.75 0 0
216
1/ 3
216 9 4 6
4 2 Z 216 Z
0 16 2 Z 216 9 Z 0 41Z 216 16 Z 82.3
9 4
Ans. 5: (c)
2/3
4aa ac A1/ 3 4aa A ac A2 / 3 4 22.5 125 0.7 53
Solution: Z 0 Z0
2ac A1/ 3 8aa A1 8aa 2ac A2 / 3
2/3
8 22.5 2 0.7 53
11250 17.5 11267.5
Z0 52.4 Z 0 52
180 35 215
Ans. 6: (c)
A Z 1
Solution: Z 0 0
a A a
2 c A2 / 3 2 c A2 / 3
2aa 2a a
given ac 0.714 and aa 23.2
Z0 1 1 1
0.45
2/3
2/3
A 2 0.714 2/3 2 0.015 A 2 0.015 64
A
2 23.2
Thus correct option is (c)
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Ans. 7: (c)
B a 2Z a 2 A 2Z 2
For most isobar 0 3 1/ 3 4 0
Z A A
Z A Z
a3 1/ 3
2a4 4a4
A A A
Z
A
a3 A2 / 3 4a4 2a4 Z
2a4 A
2/3
A
a3 A 4a4 2 3 A2 / 3
a
2a4
A 60 A
Z
1 2 / 3 120 A2 / 3
2 A
60
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Q2. According to the shell model the spin and parity of the two nuclei 125 89
51 Sb and 38 Sr are,
respectively,
5 5 5 7
(a) and (b) and
2 2 2 2
7 5 7 7
(c) and (d) and
2 2 2 2
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Q3. According to the shell model, the total angular momentum (in units of ) and the parity
of the ground state of the 37 Li nucleus is
3 3
(a) with negative parity (b) with positive parity
2 2
1 7
(c) with positive parity (d) with negative parity
2 2
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Q4. According to the shell model, the nuclear magnetic moment of the 13 Al nucleus is (Given
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Q5. The spin-parity assignments for the ground and first excited states of the isotope 57
28 Ni , in
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Q6. The first excited state of the rotational spectrum of the nucleus 92 U has an energy
45 keV above the ground state. The energy of the second excited state (in keV) is
(a) 150 (b) 120 (c) 90 (d) 60
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Q7. The low lying energy levels due to the vibrational excitations of an even-even nucleus are
shown in the figure below.
0 E4 1.35 MeV
2 E3 1.25 MeV
4 E2 1.17 MeV
2E
jp E1 0.56 MeV
E
0 E0 0 MeV
parity 0 state. If the mean life-time of this decay is 1022 s , the spin-parity of the excited
state of the nucleus is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 4
Q9. The magnetic moments of a proton and a neutron are 2.792 N and 1.913 N , where
N is the nucleon magnetic moment. The values of the magnetic moments of the mirror
19 19
nuclei 9 F10 and 10 Ne9 , respectively, in the Shell model, are closest to
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Ans. 2: (d)
Solution: 125
51 Sb ; Z 51 and N 74
Z 51
7 7
j and l 4 . Thus spin and parity
2 2
89
38 Sr ; Z 38 and N 51
N 51:
7 7
j and l 4 . Thus spin and parity
2 2
Ans. 3: (a)
Solution: Z 3, N 4
For odd Z 3; s12/ 2 p31 / 2 j 3 / 2, l 1 and parity 11 1 .
Ans. 4: (c)
5
Solution: 13 Al 27 : Z 13, N 14 for Z 13, S1/2 2 , P3/4 2 , P1/22 , d5/5 2 j , l 2
2
3
So, j , l 1
2
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Spin parity for ground state of 28 Ni 57
2
For first excited state,
1s1/2 21 p3/4 21 p1/2 21d5/6 2 2s1/2 21d 3/4 21 f 78/ 2 2 p3/1 2 1 f 5/ 2
5 5
P , l 3 spin parity
2 2
Ans. 6:
Solution: As per the shell model (Collective Model)
Rotational Energies,
2
Er J J 1 , I is moment of inertia where only even value of J are allowed
2I
i.e., J 0 , 2 , 4 , 6 ,........
Now, for ground state J 0 , E 0 keV
Also, the even-even ground state is O . The 1 phonon excited state is 2 . The 2 phonons
excited states are 0 , 2 , 4 . Thus correct option is (a)
1.35 ___ 0
1.25 ____ 2 2 -phonons
1.17 ____ 4
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Ans. 8: (a)
Solution: The parity angular momentum selection rule in -decay says that, if the initial and
final particles are same, the I must be even; if the parties are different, then I must be odd.
The ground state is 0 thus spin-parity of excited state must be 2 . Thus correct option is (a)
Ans. 9: (d)
Solution: 199 F10 : p 9 :1s1/2 21 p3/2 21 p1/2 21d52/ 2
5 1 1
j 2 l
2 2 2
Z F 19
N i 2.29 N 2.5 2.29 4.79 N
19
10 Ne9 : N 9 :1s1/2 21 p3/4 21 p1/2 21d 5/1 2
5 1
j l
2 2
z Ne19
1.91 N
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n are 1, 1 and 1 respectively, the spin wavefunction of the final state neutrons is
(a) Linear combination of a singlet and a triplet
(b) Singlet
(c) Triplet
(d) Doublet
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Q3. The strong nuclear force between a neutron and a proton in a zero orbital angular
momentum state is denoted by Fnp r , where r is the separation between them.
Similarly, Fnn r and Fpp r denote the forces between a pair of neutrons and protons,
respectively, in zero orbital momentum state. Which of the following is true on average if
the inter-nucleon distance is 0.2 fm r 2 fm ?
(a) Fnp is attractive for triplet spin state, and Fnn , Fpp are always repulsive
(b) Fnn and Fnp are always attractive and Fpp is repulsive in the triplet spin state
(c) Fpp and Fnp are always attractive and Fnn is always repulsive
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5. Radioactivity Basics
Q1. A radioactive element X decays to Y , which in turn decays to a stable element Z . The
decay constant from X to Y is 1 , and that from Y to Z is 2 . If, to begin with, there are
1 1
only N 0 atoms of X , at short times ( t as well as ) the number of atoms of Z
1 2
will be
1 12
(a) 12 N 0t 2 (b) N 0t
2 2 1 2
(c) 1 2 N 0t 2 (d) 1 2 N 0t
2
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Q2. The nuclei of 137
Cs decay by the emission of -particles with a half-life of 30.08
years. The activity (in units of disintegrations per second or Bq ) of a 1mg source of
137
Cs , prepared on January 1, 1980 , as measured on January 1, 2021 is closest to
(a) 1.79 1016 (b) 1.79 109 (c) 1.24 1016 (d) 1.24 109
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2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2
Ans. 2: (d)
Solution: A N N 0 e t
0.693 103
0.693
40
6.02 10 e
23 30.08
30.08 yrs 137
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(a) 32.2 MeV (b) 3MeV (c) 19.3 MeV (d) 931.5 MeV
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Q2. If in a spontaneous - decay of 232
92 U at rest, the total energy released in the reaction is
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Q3. The reaction 63
Cu29 p 63
Zn30 n is followed by a prompt decay of zinc
63
Zn30 63Cu29 e ve . If the maximum energy of the position is 2.4 MeV , the Q -
[Take the masses of electron, proton and neutron to be 0.5 MeV / c 2 ,938 MeV / c 2 and
1
Q5. The ground state of 207
12 Pb nucleus has spin-parity J p , while the first excited state
2
5
has J p
.The electromagnetic radiation emitted when the nucleus makes a transition
2
from the first excited state to ground state are
(a) E2 and E3 (b) M2 or E3 (c) E2 or M3 (d) M2 or M3
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Q6. A 60
Co nucleus -decays from its ground state with J P 5 to a state of 60
Ni with
J P 4 . From the angular momentum selection rules, the allowed values of the orbital
angular momentum L and the total spin S of the electron-antineutrino pair are
(a) L 0 and S 1 (b) L 1 and S 0
(c) L 0 and S 0 (d) L 1 and S 1
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E m c 2 m1H 3 c 2 m1H 1 c 2
Ans. 2: (a)
Solution: Energy carried by the particle is
A4 228 57
KE Q Q Q
A 232 58
Ans. 3: (a)
Solution: For 63
Zn30 63 Cu29 e e
For 63
Cu29 p 63
Zn30 n
Cu Zn e p n Q1 2e e p n Q1 e p n
Ans. 4: (b)
Solution: I i 2 , I 0
Ans. 5: (c)
Solution: No parity change; J 2,3
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Ans. 6: (a)
Solution:
60
Co 60 Ni e
5+ 4+
Here J 1 , No
So, the given transition is allowed Gamow-Teller transition. So allowed values of the orbital
angular momentum L and total spins of the electron-antineutrino pair are
L 0 and S 1
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1
Q1. Consider the decay A B C of a relativistic spin - particle A . Which of the
2
following statements is true in the rest frame of the particle A ?
1
(a) The spin of both B and C may be
2
(b) The sum of the masses of B and C is greater than the mass of A
(c) The energy of B is uniquely determined by the masses of the particles
(d) The spin of both B and C may be integral
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Q2. The charm quark S assigned a charm quantum number C 1 . How should the
Gellmann-Nishijima formula for electric charge be modified for four flavors of quarks?
1 1
(a) I 3 B S C (b) I 3 B S C
2 2
1 1
(c) I 3 B S C (d) I 3 B S C
2 2
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Q3. A spin-1/2 particle A undergoes the delay A B C D , where it is known
that B and C are also spin-1/2 particles. The complete set of allowed values of the spin of
the particle D is
1 3 5 1 1 3 5 7
(a) ,1, , 2, , 3, ... (b) 0, 1 (c) only (d) , , , ,....
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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Q4. A baryon X decays by strong interaction as X 0 , where is a member
of the isotriplet , 0 , . The third component I 3 of the isospin of X is
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Q6. A beam of pions (π+) is incident on a proton target, giving rise to the process
p n
Assuming that the decay proceeds through strong interactions, the total isospin I and its
third component I3 for the decay products, are
3 3 5 5
(a) I , I 3 (b) I , I 3
2 2 2 2
5 3 1 1
(c) I , I 3 (d) I , I 3
2 2 2 2
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Q7. A beam of pions (π+) is incident on a proton target, giving rise to the process
p n
Using isospin symmetry, the cross-section for the above process can be related to that of
the process
(a) n p (b) p n
(c) n p (d) p n
(iii) e ve (iv) 0
which of the above is/are forbidden for free particles?
(a) Only (ii) (b) (ii) and (iv) (c) (i) and (iv) (d) (i) and (ii)
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Q10. Consider the following processes involving free particles
(i) n p e ve (ii) p n
(iii) p n 0 0 (iv) p ve n e
Which of the following statements is true?
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(b) Process (ii) conserves baryon number, but violates energy-momentum conservation
(c) process (iii) is not allowed by strong interaction but is allowed by weak interactions
(d) Process (iv) conserves baryon number, but violates lepton number conservation
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Q11. Which of the following reaction(s) is/are allowed by the conservation laws?
(i) n 0 K
(ii) p 0 K 0
(a) Both (i) and (ii) (b) Only (i)
(c) Only (ii) (d) Neither (i) nor (ii)
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Q12. Which of the following process is not allowed by the strong interaction but is allowed by
the weak interaction?
(a) K 0 0 K 0 (b) p n d p p
(c) K 0 p n (d) p n
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Q13. Which of the following elementary particle processes does not conserve strangeness?
(a) 0 p k 0 (b) p k 0 0
(c) 0 0 n (d) K 0
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Q14. Which of the following decay processes is allowed?
(a) K 0 (b) e
(c) n p (d) n
Q15. The recently-discovered Higgs boson at the LHC experiment has a decay mode into a
photon and a Z boson. If the rest masses of the Higgs and Z boson are 125 GeV/c 2 and
90 GeV/c 2 respectively, and the decaying Higgs particle is at rest, the energy of the
photon will approximately be
(a) 35 3 GeV (b) 35 GeV (c) 30 GeV (d) 15 GeV
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Q16. In the large hadron collider LHC , two equal energy proton beams traverse in opposite
directions along a circular path of length 27 km . If the total centre of mass energy of a
proton-proton pair is 14 TeV , which of the following is the best approximation for the
proper time taken by a proton to traverse the entire path?
(a) 12 ns (b) 1.2 s (c) 1.2 ns (d) 0.12 s
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Q17. Muons are produced through the annihilation of particle a and its anti-particle, namely
the process a a . A muon has a rest mass of 105 MeV/c2 and its proper life
time is 2 s . If the center of mass energy of the collision is 2.1 GeV in the laboratory
frame that coincides with the center-of-mass frame, then the fraction of muons that will
decay before they reach a detector placed 6 km away from the interaction point is
(a) e 1 (b) 1 e 1 (c) 1 e 2 (d) e 10
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Q18. In a classical model, a scalar (spin-0) meson consists of a quark and an antiquark bound
b
by a potential V r ar , where a 200 MeV fm -1 and b 100 MeV fm . If the
r
masses of the quark and antiquark are negligible, the mass of the meson can be estimated
as approximately
(a) 141 MeV/c 2 (b) 283 MeV/c 2 (c) 353 MeV/c 2 (d) 425 MeV/c 2
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Q19. The range of the nuclear force between two nucleons due to the exchange of pions is
1.40 fm . If the mass of pion is 140 MeV / c 2 and the mass of the rho-meson is
770 MeV / c 2 , then the range of the force due to exchange of rho-mesons is
(a) 1.40 fm (b) 7.70 fm (c) 0.25 fm (d) 0.18 fm
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Q20. The mean life-time of the following decays:
0 , 0 , e e v , are , and respectively.
They satisfy
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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Q21. A particle, which is a composite state of three quarks u, d and s , has electric charge,
spin and strangeness respectively, equal to
1 1 1
(a) 1, , 1 (b) 0, 0, 1 (c) 0, , 1 (d) 1, 1
2 2 2
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Q22. The elastic scattering of a neutrino e by an electron e , i.e. the reaction
GF d 3 x e x e x e x e x
1
H int
2
The cross-section of the above process depends on the centre of mass energy E , as
1
(a) (b) E 2 (c) E (d) E
E2
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Q23. A deuteron d captures a charged pion in the l 1 state, and subsequently decays into
a pair of neutrons n via strong interaction. Given that the intrinsic parities of , d and
n are 1, 1 and 1 respectively, the spin wavefunction of the final state neutrons is
(a) Linear combination of a singlet and a triplet
(b) Singlet
(c) Triplet
(d) Doublet
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Q24. Charged pions decay to muons and anti-muon neutrinos v ; v . Take
the rest masses of a muon and a pion to be 105 MeV and 140 MeV , respectively. The
probability that the measurement of the muon spin along the direction of its momentum is
positive, is closest to
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.75 (c) 1 (d) 0
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Q25. The Q -value of the -decay of 232
Th to the ground state of 228
Ra in 4082 keV . The
maximum possible kinetic energy of the -particle is closest to
(a) 4082 keV (b) 4050 keV (c) 4035 keV (d) 4012 keV
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Ans. 1: (c)
Ans. 2: (d)
1
Solution: From Gell-Mann-Nishijima formula Q I 3 B S
2
1
For Quark it is generalized as Q I 3 B S C
2
Ans. 3: (c)
Solution: Spin of the left side and combined spin of the products must be same to conserve the
spin angular momentum conservation law.
Ans. 4: (a)
Solution: X 0
I 3 :1
1 0
I 3 for X is 0 .
Ans. 5: (d)
Solution: 1 D 2 1 D 2 2 He 4 0 (Not conserved)
I: 0 0 0 1
This isopin is not conserved in above reaction.
Ans. 6: (c)
1 5 1 3
Solution: p n ; I : 1 1 , I3 : 1 1
2 2 2 2
Ans. 7: (c)
Ans. 8: (a)
(A) K p (Strong interaction)
1 1
I 3 : 1 1 (Conserved)
2 2
(B) K K (Electromagnetic interaction)
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Ans. 9: (d)
Solution: (i) p n e e [Not allowed]
It violate energy conservation. The mass of proton is less than mass of neutron. Free proton is
stable and can not decay to neutron. Proton can decay to neutron only inside the nucleus, where
energy violation is taken care by Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
(ii) 0 p e e [Not allowed]. In this decay charge is not conserved
q 0 1 1 0 (conserved)
1 1 1 1
spin (not conserved)
2 2 2 2
Le 0 0 1 1 (not conserved)
(ii) Baryon number is conserved but energy and momentum conservation violated.
(iii) spin is not conserved
(iv) obeys all conservation laws.
Ans. 11: (a)
Solution: (i) n 0 K
q :1 0 0 1
B : 0 1 1 0
S : 0 0 1 1
Reaction is allowed
(ii) p 0 K 0
q : 1 1 0 0
B : 0 1 1 0
S : 0 0 1 1
Reaction is allowed
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Ans. 12: (a)
Solution: (1) K 0 0 K 0
Charge 0 0 0 1 1 Conserved
Spin 0 0 0 0 0 Conserved
1 1
I 1 1 1 Not conserved
2 2
1 1
I3 0 1 1 I3 1
2 2
S 1 0 1 0 0 S 1
This interaction is not allowed by strong interaction but allowed by weak interaction.
Ans. 13: (d)
Solution:
0 p k 0
(a) Conserved
S: 0 0 1 1
p k 0 0
(b) Conserved
S: 0 0 1 1
0 0 n
(c) Conserved
S: 0 0 0
K0
(d) Not conserved
S : 1 0 0
Ans. 14: (a)
Solution: q : 0 1 1 : conserved
1 1
Spin: 0 : conserved
2 2
L : 0 1 1 : conserved
1
I: 0 0 : Not conserved
2
1
I3 : 0 0 : Not conserved
2
S: 1 0 0 : Not conserved
Thus this is an allowed decay through weak interaction.
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Ans. 15: (c)
Solution: Assume H is symbol of Higgs boson, H Z
E H2 E Z2 1252 902
E 30GeV
2EH 2 125
Ans. 16: (a)
Solution: The proton travel at nearly speed of light in LHC , therefore
d 27 103
t 9 105 sec
c 3 108
v2 t
Since, proton is relativistic, t0 t 1
c2
1 m0 c 2 938 MeV 938 106 eV
E m0 c 2 1.34 104
E 7 TeV 7 1012 eV
t
Thus, t0 9 105 1.34 104 1.2 108 sec 12 ns
Ans. 17: (b)
t
N 2.1
t
Solution: N N 0 e e t e , where 2 10 6 s , 10 3 20 and
N0 105
6 10 3
1
t 1 N
t 2 10 5 sec . Thus e 2 1 e 1 .
3 10 8
2 N0
Ans. 18: (b)
Solution: At equilibrium separation the potential is minimum, thus the equilibrium separation
can be determined as
dV r b b 100MeVfm 1
a 2
0 r0 1
fm
dr r r0
r0 a 200MeVfm 2
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Ans. 19: (c)
c
Solution: Range for nuclear force between nucleon will be R ct and c 199MeVfm
mc 2
199 MeVfm
R 0.25 fm
MeV 2
770 2 c
c
Ans. 20: (c)
Solution: The characteristic time for strong, electromagnetic and weak interaction are
1023 sec,1020 sec and 1011 sec
The kinematics of elastic neutrino electron scattering is fully described by a single variable; for
instance, by e , the angle of the outgoing electron with respect to the neutrino beam. If Ev and
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Ee be the energies of the incoming neutrino and outgoing electron, me the electron mass, and
y Ee / Ev be the fractional energy loss of the neutrino in the laboratory frame. From the
effective Lagrangian the differential cross-section, often called y-distribution for the case of high
neutrino energy ( Ev Ee )
d 2GF2 me
g L2, R Ev Ev
dy
Thus, option (c) is correct.
Ans. 23: (b)
Solution: Parity must conserve intersections
d nn
The parity of the initial state is
1
1 P Pd 1 1 1 1
l
because the nucleons are identical fermions, the allowed states of two nucleons are 1 S0 , 3 P0,1,2
A
Q K
A4
232
4082 K
232 4
228
K 4082 4012 KeV
238
Ans. 26: (b)
Solution:
p n p K X
B 1 1 1 0 1
S 0 0 0 +1 –1
1 1 1 1
I3 –1
2 2 2 2
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