2.0 Particles And Radiation Flashcards

1
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Mass of an electron in relative units

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0.0005

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2
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What is the strong nuclear force

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force holding protons and neutrons together in nucleus, counteracting repulsive electromagnetic force between protons

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3
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What range does the strong nuclear force act

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Attraction : up to 3 fm
Short range repulsion : below 0.5 fm

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4
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Why can some nuclei be unstable

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imbalance between number of protons and neutrons or if the nucleus is too large, causing excessive repulsive forces or insufficient strong nuclear forces to maintain stability.

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5
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What is alpha decay

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nuclei is too large, emit alpha particle to reduce size

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6
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What is beta decay

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proton or neutron rich, converts one to the other via beta decay

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7
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What prompted the discovery of the neutrino

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The apparent loss of energy and momentum in beta decay, breaking conservation laws, indicating another particle

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7
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Define rest energy

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The energy equivalent to a stationary particles mass

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7
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Energy in pair production

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Photon must have energy of at least combined rest energy of particle-antiparticle pair

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7
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Energy in annihilation

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Energy split evenly between photons. So each must have minimum energy of rest energy of particles

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7
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What is the photon model of electromagnetic radiation

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Electromagnetic radiation theorized as small packets of energy called photons

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7
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Momentum in annihilation

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photon travel opposing directions to conserve momentum

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7
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What are the four fundamental interactions

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  • Strong nuclear
  • Weak nuclear
  • Electromagnetic
  • Gravitational
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7
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What is the exchange particle of the strong nuclear interaction

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The gluon or the pion

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7
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What is the exchange particle of the gravitational interaction

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The graviton

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7
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What is the purpose of the exchange particle

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To act as a transfer for conserved properties, to allow forces to act over distances

7
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What is a Feynman diagram?

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A diagram that shows the process of an interaction, with time on the y axis and distance on the x axis

7
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What is the only stable baryon

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The proton

7
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What is baryon number

A

A quantum number that must be conserved

7
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How are strange particles produced

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In pairs via the strong interaction

7
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What does particle physics rely on

A

A collaborative efforts of large teams of scientists and engineers to validate new knowledge

7
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Define work function

A

The minimum energy required to remove an electron from a material

7
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Define stopping potential

A

The minimum negative potential difference required to stop the flow of photoelectrons
released from the surface of a metal

8
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Process in a fluorescent tube

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A flow of electrons cause collisions, and thus excitation of mercury atoms, raising eelectrons up energy levels. When they de-exite, they release UV radiation. UV excites a fluorescent coating, releasing visible light when returning to ground state.

9
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The electron volt

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The energy equal to the work done on one electron when accelerating it through a pd of one volt

10
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How do line spectra occur

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from the absorption or emission of specific wavelengths in atoms due to discrete energy levels, causing lines corresponding to these levels

10
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theories due to electron diffraction

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suggestion that particles possess wave properties

11
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theories due to the photoelectric effect

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suggestion that electromagnetic waves
have a particulate nature

12
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Why does less diffraction occur when the momentum of the particle is greater

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A greater momentum results in a lower wavelength. lower wavelength is less equal to slit difference and thus less diffraction occurs

13
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How does knowledge and understanding of the nature of matter changes over time

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Changes due to experimental evidence cause advances

14
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How must changes be validated

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Via peer review and over the scientific community