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Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny, William Moebs

Chapter 11

Particle Physics and Cosmology - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:30

Problem 1

What are the four fundamental forces? Briefly describe them.

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Problem 2

Distinguish fermions and bosons using the concepts of indistiguishability and exchange symmetry.

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Problem 3

List the quark and lepton families

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Problem 4

Distinguish between elementary particles and antiparticles. Describe their interactions.

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Problem 5

What are six particle conservation laws? Briefly describe them.

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Problem 6

In general, how do we determine if a particle reaction or decay occurs?

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Problem 7

Why might the detection of particle interaction that violates an established particle conservation law be considered a good thing for a scientist?

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Problem 8

What are the six known quarks? Summarize their properties.

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Problem 9

What is the general quark composition of a baryon? Of a meson?

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Problem 10

What evidence exists for the existence of quarks?

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Problem 11

Why do baryons with the same quark composition sometimes differ in their rest mass energies?

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01:40

Problem 12

Briefly compare the Van de Graaff accelerator, linear accelerator, cyclotron, and synchrotron accelerator.

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Problem 13

Describe the basic components and function of a typical colliding beam machine.

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00:53

Problem 14

What are the subdetectors of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment? Briefly describe them.

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Problem 15

What is the advantage of a colliding-beam accelerator over one that fires particles into a fixed target?

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Problem 16

An electron appears in the muon detectors of the CMS. How is this possible?

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Problem 17

What is the Standard Model? Express your answer in terms of the four fundamental forces and exchange particles.

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Problem 18

Draw a Feynman diagram to represents annihilation of an electron and positron into a photon.

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Problem 19

What is the motivation behind grand unification theories?

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Problem 20

If a theory is developed that unifies all four forces, will it still be correct to say that the orbit of the Moon is determined by the gravitational force? Explain why.

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Problem 21

If the Higgs boson is discovered and found to have mass, will it be considered the ultimate carrier of the weak force? Explain your response.

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Problem 22

One of the common decay modes of the $\Lambda^{0}$ is $\Lambda^{0} \rightarrow \pi^{-}+\mathrm{p}$ Even though only hadrons are involved in this decay, it occurs through the weak nuclear force. How do we know that this decay does not occur through the strong nuclear force?

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01:42

Problem 23

What is meant by cosmological expansion? Express your answer in terms of a Hubble graph and the red shift of distant starlight.

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Problem 24

Describe the balloon analogy for cosmological expansion. Explain why it only appears that we are at the center of expansion of the universe.

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Problem 25

Distances to local galaxies are determined by measuring the brightness of stars, called Cepheid variables, that can be observed individually and that have absolute brightnesses at a standard distance that are well known. Explain how the measured brightness would vary with distance, as compared with the absolute brightness.

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Problem 26

What is meant by a "cosmological model of the early universe?" Briefly describe this model in terms of the four fundamental forces.

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Problem 27

Describe two pieces of evidence that support the Big Bang model.

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Problem 28

In what sense are we, as Newton once said, "a boy playing on the sea-shore"? Express your answer in terms of the concepts of dark matter and dark energy.

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Problem 29

If some unknown cause of red-shift-such as light becoming "tired" from traveling long distances through empty space- is discovered, what effect would that have on cosmology?

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Problem 30

In the past, many scientists believed the universe to be infinite. However, if the universe is infinite, then any line of sight should eventually fall on a star's surface and the night sky should be very bright. How is this paradox resolved in modern cosmology?

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Problem 31

How much energy is released when an electron and a positron at rest annihilate each other? (For particle masses, see Table 11.1.)

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01:15

Problem 32

If $1.0 \times 10^{30} \mathrm{MeV}$ of energy is released in the annihilation of a sphere of matter and antimatter, and the spheres are equal mass, what are the masses of the spheres?

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03:44

Problem 33

When both an electron and a positron are at rest, they can annihilate each other according to the reaction
$e^{-}+e^{+} \rightarrow \gamma+\gamma$. In this case, what are the energy, momentum, and frequency of each photon?

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05:36

Problem 34

What is the total kinetic energy carried away by the particles of the following decays?
(a) $\pi^{0} \rightarrow \gamma+\gamma$
(b) $\mathrm{K}^{0} \rightarrow \pi^{+}+\pi^{-}$
(c) $\Sigma^{+} \rightarrow n+\pi^{+}$
(d) $\Sigma^{0} \rightarrow \Lambda^{0}+\gamma$

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Problem 35

Which of the following decays cannot occur because the law of conservation of lepton number is violated?
(a) $\mathrm{n} \rightarrow \mathrm{p}+\mathrm{e}^{-}$
(b) $\mu^{+} \rightarrow \mathrm{e}^{+}+v_{\mathrm{e}}$
(c) $\pi^{+} \rightarrow \mathrm{e}^{+}+v_{\mathrm{e}}+\bar{v}_{\mu}$
(d) $\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{n}+\mathrm{e}^{+}+v_{\mathrm{e}}$
(e) $\pi^{-} \rightarrow \mathrm{e}^{-}+\bar{v}_{\mathrm{e}}$
(f) $\mu^{-} \rightarrow \mathrm{e}^{-}+\bar{v}_{\mathrm{e}}+v_{\mu}$
(g) $\Lambda^{0} \rightarrow \pi^{-}+\mathrm{p}$
(h) $\mathbf{K}^{+} \rightarrow \mu^{+}+v_{\mu}$

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Problem 36

Which of the following reactions cannot because the law of conservation of strangeness is violated?
(a) $\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{n} \rightarrow \mathrm{p}+\mathrm{p}+\pi^{-}$
(b) $\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{n} \rightarrow \mathrm{p}+\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{K}^{-}$
(c) $\mathrm{K}^{-}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{K}^{-}+\sum^{+}$
(d) $\pi^{-}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{K}^{+}+\sum^{-}$
(e) $\mathrm{K}^{-}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \Xi^{0}+\mathrm{K}^{+}+\pi^{-}$
(f) $\mathrm{K}^{-}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \Xi^{0}+\pi^{-}+\pi^{-}$
(g) $\pi^{+}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \Sigma^{+}+\mathrm{K}^{+}$
(h) $\pi^{-}+\mathrm{n} \rightarrow \mathrm{K}^{-}+\Lambda^{0}$

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02:44

Problem 37

Identify one possible decay for each of the following antiparticles:
(a) $\bar{n}$,(b) $\overline{\Lambda^{0}}$, (c) $\Omega^{+}$ , (d) $\mathrm{K}^{-}$, and (e) $\bar{\Sigma}$

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06:11

Problem 38

Each of the following strong nuclear reactions is forbidden. Identify a conservation law that is violated for each one.
(a) $\mathrm{p}+\overline{\mathrm{p}} \rightarrow \mathrm{p}+\mathrm{n}+\overline{\mathrm{p}}$
(b) $\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{n} \rightarrow \mathrm{p}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}+\mathrm{n}+\pi^{+}$
(c) $\pi^{-}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \Sigma^{+}+\mathrm{K}^{-}$
(d) $\mathrm{K}^{-}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \Lambda^{0}+\mathrm{n}$

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00:29

Problem 39

Based on quark composition of a proton, show that its charge is +1.

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Problem 40

Based on the quark composition of a neutron, show that is charge is 0 .

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01:45

Problem 41

Argue that the quark composition given in Table 11.5 for the positive kaon is consistent with the known charge, spin, and strangeness of this baryon.

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04:22

Problem 42

Mesons are formed from the following combinations of quarks (subscripts indicate color and $A R=\text { antired }):$ $\left(d_{\mathrm{R}}, \bar{d}_{\mathrm{AR}}\right),\left(s_{\mathrm{G}}, \bar{u}_{\mathrm{AG}}\right),$ and $\left(s_{\mathrm{R}}, \bar{s}_{\mathrm{AR}}\right)$.
(a) Determine the charge and strangeness of each combination. (b) Identify one or more mesons formed by each quark-antiquark combination.

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Problem 43

Why can't either set of quarks shown below form a hadron?

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00:44

Problem 44

Experimental results indicate an isolate particle with charge $+2 / 3-$ an isolated quark. What quark could this be? Why would this discovery be important?

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04:22

Problem 45

Express the $\beta$ decays $n \rightarrow p+e^{-}+\bar{\nu} \quad$ and $p \rightarrow n+e^{+}+\nu$ in terms of $\beta$ decays of quarks. Check to see that the conservation laws for charge, lepton number, and baryon number are satisfied by the quark $\beta$ decays.

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Problem 46

A charged particle in a 2.0-T magnetic field is bent in a circle of radius $75 \mathrm{cm} .$ What is the momentum of the particle?

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03:06

Problem 47

A proton track passes through a magnetic field with radius of $50 \mathrm{cm} .$ The magnetic field strength is $1.5 \mathrm{T}$. What is the total energy of the proton?

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04:10

Problem 48

Derive the equation $p=0.3 B r$ using the concepts of centripetal acceleration and relativistic momentum

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03:34

Problem 49

Assume that beam energy of an electron-positron collider is approximately 4.73 GeV. What is the total mass
(W) of a particle produced in the annihilation of an electron and positron in this collider? What meson might be produced?

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02:25

Problem 50

At full energy, protons in the 2.00 -km-diameter Fermilab synchrotron travel at nearly the speed of light, since their energy is about 1000 times their rest mass energy. (a) How long does it take for a proton to complete one trip around? (b) How many times per second will it pass through the target area?

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01:40

Problem 51

Suppose a $W^{-}$ created in a particle detector lives for $5.00 \times 10^{-25} \mathrm{s} .$ What distance does it move in this time if it is traveling at $0.900 c ?$ (Note that the time is longer than the given $W^{-}$ lifetime, which can be due to the statistical nature of decay or time dilation.)

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01:14

Problem 52

What length track does a $\pi^{+}$ traveling at $0.100 c$ leave in a bubble chamber if it is created there and lives for $2.60 \times 10^{-8} \mathrm{s} ?$ (Those moving faster or living longer may escape the detector before decaying.)

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01:20

Problem 53

The 3.20-km-long SLAC produces a beam of 50.0-GeV electrons. If there are 15,000 accelerating tubes, what average voltage must be across the gaps between them to achieve this energy?

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02:18

Problem 54

Using the Heisenberg uncertainly principle, determine the range of the weak force if this force is produced by the exchange of a Z boson.

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02:03

Problem 55

Use the Heisenberg uncertainly principle to estimate the range of a weak nuclear decay involving a graviton.

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02:02

Problem 56

(a) The following decay is mediated by the electroweak force:
$\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{n}+\mathrm{e}^{+}+v_{\mathrm{e}}$.
Draw the Feynman diagram for the decay.
(b) The following scattering is mediated by the electroweak force:
$v_{e}+\mathrm{e}^{-} \rightarrow v_{e}+\mathrm{e}^{-}$
Draw the Feynman diagram for the scattering.

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01:21

Problem 57

Assuming conservation of momentum, what is the energy of each $\gamma$ ray produced in the decay of a neutral pion at rest, in the reaction $\pi^{0} \rightarrow \gamma+\gamma ?$

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Problem 58

What is the wavelength of a $50-\mathrm{GeV}$ electron, which is produced at SLAC? This provides an idea of the limit to the detail it can probe.

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Problem 59

The primary decay mode for the negative pion is $\pi^{-} \rightarrow \mu^{-}+\bar{\nu}_{\mu} .$ (a) What is the energy release in $\mathrm{MeV}$ in this decay? (b) Using conservation of momentum, how much energy does each of the decay products receive, given the $\pi^{-}$ is at rest when it decays? You may assume the muon antineutrino is massless and has momentum $p=E / c,$ just like a photon.

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Problem 60

Suppose you are designing a proton decay experiment and you can detect 50 percent of the proton decays in a tank of water. (a) How many kilograms of water would you need to see one decay per month, assuming a lifetime of $10^{31} \mathrm{y} ?$ (b) How many cubic meters of water is this? (c) If the actual lifetime is $10^{33} \mathrm{y}$, how long would you have to wait on an average to see a single proton decay?

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01:24

Problem 61

If the speed of a distant galaxy is $0.99 c,$ what is the distance of the galaxy from an Earth-bound observer?

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Problem 62

The distance of a galaxy from our solar system is 10 Mpc. (a) What is the recessional velocity of the galaxy? (b) By what fraction is the starlight from this galaxy redshifted (that is, what is its $z$ value)?

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Problem 63

If a galaxy is 153 Mpc away from us, how fast do we expect it to be moving and in what direction?

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01:08

Problem 64

On average, how far away are galaxies that are moving away from us at $2.0 \%$ of the speed of light?

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02:35

Problem 65

Our solar system orbits the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Assuming a circular orbit 30,000 ly in radius and an orbital speed of $250 \mathrm{km} / \mathrm{s}$, how many years does it take for one revolution? Note that this is approximate, assuming constant speed and circular orbit, but it is representative of the time for our system and local stars to make one revolution around the galaxy.

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Problem 66

(a) What is the approximate velocity relative to us of a galaxy near the edge of the known universe, some $10 \mathrm{Gly}$ away? (b) What fraction of the speed of light is this? Note that we have observed galaxies moving away from us at greater than $0.9 c$.

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02:21

Problem 67

(a) Calculate the approximate age of the universe from the average value of the Hubble constant, $H_{0}=20 \mathrm{km} / \mathrm{s} \cdot \mathrm{Mly} .$ To do this, calculate the time it would take to travel $0.307 \mathrm{Mpc}$ at a constant expansion rate of $20 \mathrm{km} / \mathrm{s} .$ (b) If somehow acceleration occurs, would the actual age of the universe be greater or less than that found here? Explain.

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01:16

Problem 68

The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest large galaxy and is visible to the naked eye. Estimate its brightness relative
to the Sun, assuming it has luminosity $10^{12}$ times that of the Sun and lies 0.613 Mpc away.

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01:42

Problem 69

Show that the velocity of a star orbiting its galaxy in a circular orbit is inversely proportional to the square root of its orbital radius, assuming the mass of the stars inside its orbit acts like a single mass at the center of the galaxy. You may use an equation from a previous chapter to support your conclusion, but you must justify its use and define all terms used.

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01:08

Problem 70

Experimental results suggest that a muon decays to an electron and photon. How is this possible?

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05:23

Problem 71

Each of the following reactions is missing a single particle. Identify the missing particle for each reaction.
(a) $\mathrm{p}+\overline{\mathrm{p}} \rightarrow \mathrm{n}+?$
(b) $\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{p}+\Lambda^{0}+?$
(c) $\pi^{?}+p \rightarrow \Sigma^{-}+?$
(d) $\mathrm{K}^{-}+\mathrm{n} \rightarrow \Lambda^{0}+?$
(e) $\tau^{+} \rightarrow \mathrm{e}^{+}+v_{\mathrm{e}}+?$
(f) $\bar{v}_{\mathrm{e}}+\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{n}+?$

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01:26

Problem 72

Because of energy loss due to synchrotron radiation in the LHC at CERN, only 5.00 MeV is added to the energy of each proton during each revolution around the main ring. How many revolutions are needed to produce $7.00-\mathrm{TeV}$ $(7000 \mathrm{GeV})$ protons, if they are injected with an initial energy of $8.00 \mathrm{GeV}$ ?

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Problem 73

A proton and an antiproton collide head-on, with each having a kinetic energy of $7.00 \mathrm{TeV}$ (such as in the $\mathrm{LHC}$ at CERN). How much collision energy is available, taking into account the annihilation of the two masses? (Note that this is not significantly greater than the extremely relativistic kinetic energy.)

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01:22

Problem 74

When an electron and positron collide at the SLAC facility, they each have 50.0 -GeV kinetic energies. What is the total collision energy available, taking into account the annihilation energy? Note that the annihilation energy is insignificant, because the electrons are highly relativistic.

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03:52

Problem 75

The core of a star collapses during a supernova, forming a neutron star. Angular momentum of the core is conserved, so the neutron star spins rapidly. If the initial core radius is $5.0 \times 10^{5} \mathrm{km}$ and it collapses to $10.0 \mathrm{km}$, find the neutron star's angular velocity in revolutions per second, given the core's angular velocity was originally 1 revolution per 30.0 days.

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Problem 76

Using the solution from the previous problem, find the increase in rotational kinetic energy, given the core's mass is 1.3 times that of our Sun. Where does this increase in kinetic energy come from?

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01:58

Problem 77

(a) What Hubble constant corresponds to an approximate age of the universe of $10^{10}$ y? To get an approximate value, assume the expansion rate is constant and calculate the speed at which two galaxies must move apart to be separated by 1 Mly (present average galactic separation) in a time of $10^{10}$ y. (b) Similarly, what Hubble constant corresponds to a universe approximately $2 \times 10^{10}$ years old?

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01:39

Problem 78

Electrons and positrons are collided in a circular accelerator. Derive the expression for the center-of-mass energy of the particle.

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01:36

Problem 79

The intensity of cosmic ray radiation decreases rapidly with increasing energy, but there are occasionally extremely energetic cosmic rays that create a shower of radiation from all the particles they create by striking a nucleus in the atmosphere. Suppose a cosmic ray particle having an energy of $10^{10} \mathrm{GeV}$ converts its energy into particles with masses averaging $200 \mathrm{MeV} / \mathrm{c}^{2}$ (a) How many particles are created? (b) If the particles rain down on a $1.00-\mathrm{km}^{2}$ area, how many particles are there per square meter?

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02:43

Problem 80

(a) Calculate the relativistic quantity $\gamma=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^{2} / c^{2}}}$ for 1.00 -TeV protons produced at Fermilab. (b) If such a proton created a $\pi^{+}$ having the same speed, how long would its life be in the laboratory? (c) How far could it travel in this time?

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03:31

Problem 81

Plans for an accelerator that produces a secondary beam of K mesons to scatter from nuclei, for the purpose of studying the strong force, call for them to have a kinetic energy of $500 \mathrm{MeV} .$ (a) What would the relativistic quantity $\gamma=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^{2} / c^{2}}}$ be for these particles? (b) How long would their average lifetime be in the laboratory? (c) How far could they travel in this time?

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05:17

Problem 82

In supernovae, neutrinos are produced in huge amounts. They were detected from the 1987 A supernova in the Magellanic Cloud, which is about 120,000 lightyears away from Earth (relatively close to our Milky Way Galaxy). If neutrinos have a mass, they cannot travel at the speed of light, but if their mass is small, their velocity would be almost that of light. (a) Suppose a neutrino with a $7-\mathrm{eV} / c^{2}$ mass has a kinetic energy of $700 \mathrm{keV}$. Find the relativistic quantity $\gamma=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^{2} / c^{2}}}$ for it. (b) If the neutrino leaves the 1987 A supernova at the same time as a photon and both travel to Earth, how much sooner does the photon arrive? This is not a large time difference, given that it is impossible to know which neutrino left with which photon and the poor efficiency of the neutrino detectors. Thus, the fact that neutrinos were observed within hours of the brightening of the supernova only places an upper limit on the neutrino's mass. (Hint: You may need to use a series expansion to find $v$ for the neutrino, since its $\gamma$ is so large.)

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Problem 83

Assuming a circular orbit for the Sun about the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, calculate its orbital speed using the following information: The mass of the galaxy is equivalent to a single mass $1.5 \times 10^{11}$ times that of the Sun (or $3 \times 10^{41}$ kg ), located 30,000 ly away.

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Problem 84

(a) What is the approximate force of gravity on a 70-kg person due to the Andromeda Galaxy, assuming its total mass is $10^{13}$ that of our Sun and acts like a single mass 0.613 Mpc away? (b) What is the ratio of this force to the person's weight? Note that Andromeda is the closest large galaxy.

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02:11

Problem 85

(a) A particle and its antiparticle are at rest relative to an observer and annihilate (completely destroying both masses), creating two $\gamma$ rays of equal energy. What is the characteristic $\gamma$ -ray energy you would look for if searching for evidence of proton-antiproton annihilation? (The fact that such radiation is rarely observed is evidence that there is very little antimatter in the universe.) (b) How does this compare with the 0.511 -MeV energy associated with electron-positron annihilation?

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04:31

Problem 86

The peak intensity of the CMBR occurs at a wavelength of $1.1 \mathrm{mm}$. (a) What is the energy in eV of a 1.1-mm photon? (b) There are approximately $10^{9}$ photons for each massive particle in deep space. Calculate the energy of $10^{9}$ such photons. (c) If the average massive particle in space has a mass half that of a proton, what energy would be created by converting its mass to energy? (d) Does this imply that space is "matter dominated"? Explain briefly.

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Problem 87

(a) Use the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to calculate the uncertainty in energy for a corresponding time interval of $10^{-43} \mathrm{s}$. (b) Compare this energy with the $10^{19} \mathrm{GeV}$ unification-of-forces energy and discuss why they are similar.

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