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2018 Compre Part-B

The document is an examination paper for the Nuclear & Particle Physics course at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, for the second semester of 2017-18. It includes various problems related to isotopes, charge conjugation symmetry, quark systems, and angular momentum measurements. The questions require calculations and theoretical explanations based on nuclear physics principles.

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2018 Compre Part-B

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

(Hyderabad Campus)
COMPRE SECOND SEMESTER 2017-18
Nuclear & Particle Physics [PHY F343]
PART =B(Open Book)
Date 12.5.2018 Max. Marks: 80

1.A) Among the isotopes, 49Fe and 51Fe are both known as short-lived radioactive positron emitters, but
50
Fe has not yet been discovered. Compute the expected value for the nuclear mass of 50Fe using semi-
empirical (Bethe-Weizsäcker) mass formula . Why 50Fe is not observed? 6+2

B)Find the configuration of the protons and neutrons in the incomplete shells and hence the ground
state spin and parity assignments for the following nuclei 23Na11 ; 33S16 under the assumption that the
ordering of the lowest single particle nuclear energy levels is
1s1/2 ; 1p3/2 ; 1p1/2 ; 1d5/2 ; 2s1/2 ; 1d3/2 ; 1f7/2 ; 2p3/2.
There are two possibilities of producing first higher order states in this model. Determine the spin and
parity for these two types of excited state for each of the given nuclides. 4+8

2.A)Check if Charge conjugation symmetry is violated for a single photon emission in the following
decay from excited state 𝑛 2𝑠+1𝑗 𝐿 :

1 31𝑆 → 2 11𝑃
1 31𝑆 → 2 31𝑃

The J/ψ meson has JPC = 1- -. Are the following decay modes allowed? 0, 30, p𝑝̅ . 10

B) When antiprotons stop in hydrogen, they quickly displace atomic electrons and form proton-antiproton
atoms. The proton-antiproton atoms usually have orbital angular momentum L=0 when they annihilate
via the strong interaction. From the parity consideration, what is the orbital angular momentum of the
final state (i) 𝜋 + 𝜋 − (ii) 𝜋 0 𝜋 0 ? And which of the following final states are allowed? 5+2=7

C) What are the baryon number, charge and isotopic spin of the quark system 𝑢̅ 𝑢̅ 𝑑̅ ? 3

D)Check that Gell-Mann-Nishijima formula works for the quarks u, d, s. Draw the hypercharge versus I3
diagrams for the u,d,s quark(solid lines) and antiquarks(dashes lines). Use proper scales. Draw all the
quark-antiquark combinations on the diagram. 15

3.A)Suppose you had two particles of spin 2 and 3/2. You measured the total angular momentum of this
system to be 5/2, and its z component is -1/2, given the orbital angular momentum is zero. What values
would you get for the measurement of the S z of the spin 3/2 particles? What is the probability of each? 12

B)The strange baryon *(1660) decay via strong interaction to . Suppose you observed 100 such
decays, how many would you expect to see of each type? 13

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