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Particles And Waves Flashcards

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1
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What makes up hadrons ?

A

Quarks

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What are baryons made up of ?

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3 quarks eg protons,neutrons

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Mesons are made up of ?

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2 quarks (a quark and an anti-quark) eg pions, kaons

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A strong force holds ?

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quarks together and also holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus

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Beta decay is caused by ?

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The weak force and is evidence of the neutrino

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6
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Anti-matter particles are identical to ?

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Their corresponding matter particles except charge

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Matter + corresponding anti-matter=

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Annihilation

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Electric field lines point

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From positive to negative

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A charged particle will accelerate in an electric field because ?

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It’s experiences an unbalanced force

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Gain in kinetic energy =

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Work done by electric field

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Like charges

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Repel

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Opposite charges

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Attract

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Potential difference (voltage)

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Is the number of joules of energy per coulomb of charge

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A moving charges particle

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Will produce a magnetic field

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15
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Magnetic field

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Lines point from north to south

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16
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Nuclear fission

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Big nucleus splitting into smaller parts

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Induced/ simulated fission

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Usually caused by neutron bombardment

18
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Spontaneous fission

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Random event, no external trigger

19
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Nuclear fusion

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Smaller parts combining to make a more massive nucleus

20
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The products of a nuclear reaction have

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Less mass than the particles did before

21
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The high temperatures required in a fusion reactor lead to

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Coolant and containment issues

22
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The photoelectric effect is proof that

A

Light is a partial

23
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Interference is the proof that

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Light is a wave

24
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The work function of a metal is

A

The minimum energy required to cause photoemission

25
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The threshold

A

Minimum frequency of incident to cause photoemission

26
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Constructive interference is when?

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Two coherent waves meet in phase (ie crest meets crest and trough meets trough) they combine to produce a maximum

27
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Destructive interference is when

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Two coherent waves meet exactly out of phase (ie crest meets trough and trough meets crest) the cancel out producing a minimum

28
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Path difference is

A

The difference in the length of two paths the waves take

29
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0,1,2,3 wave difference

A

Maxima / constructive interference

30
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1/2, 1^1/2, 2^1/2 wavelength difference

A

Minima / destructive interference

31
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In terms of diffraction grating D is

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The spacing between consecutive lines ie 300 lines per mum means d=1/300 000m

32
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In terms of diffraction grating theta is

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The angle between the centre maximum and the maximum you are considering

33
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Absolute refractive index of a medium is

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The ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in the medium

34
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The critical angle of a medium is

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The angle of incidence inside the medium which results in a refracted angle of 90° in a vacuum

35
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Total internal reflection occurs when

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The angle of incidence inside the medium is greater that the critical angle

36
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Irradiance of radiation is

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The power per unit area ie the number of watts per square metre incident on a surface

37
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From a point force

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Irradiance follows the inverse square law ie if the distance is doubled (x2) then the irradiance will quarter

38
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Line emission spectra are produced as

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Each electron that falls from a high energy level to a lower level will result in specific energy and therefore frequency/wavelength/colour of photon

39
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Absorption spectra occurs when

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The atoms absorb specific energies of photons and the electrons move up to the relevant levels.

40
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Coherent waves mean

A

Constant phase difference (same frequency)

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