Modern Physics for Engineers

Problem Set 3

Problem Set - Due in class, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999.

    Problems:
  1. SM&M 2-9.
    	Photons/sec = Energy/sec / Energy/photon
    	            = Power / hf
    	            = 1.e5 watts / (6.6e-34 joules sec 9.4e7 /sec)
    	            = 1.6e30 photons/sec
    
    How far away from the antenna would you have to go to have a photon intensity of 3x10^16 photons/cm^2/sec (the equivalent of a photon density of 10^6 /cm^3).
    	Solid angle = Area/R^2 = (.01 m)^2/R^2 = .001/R^2
    	% of photons in Solid Angle = .001/ Pi R^2
    	                            = 3e16/1.6e30 = 1.86e-14
    ---->	R = Sqrt[.001 / (Pi 1.86e-14)] = 1.31e5 m = 131 km
    
    You can typically detect an FM radio station 50 miles away. Given that, what is the intensity of photons/cm^2 necessary for a radio receiver to detect a signal?
    	photons/sec on 1cm^2 = .001 m^2/Pi/(8e4 m)^2 *1.6e30 photons/sec 
    	                     =  8e16 photons/sec on 1 cm^2 
    
  2. SM&M 2-16
    	E = h f = h c / lambda = 1241 eV nm/ 300 nm
    	                       = 4.14 eV
    --->	Lithium and Beryllium would emit electrons.
    
    	KE = E_gamma - Work function
    	   = 4.14 eV - 2.3 eV = 1.84 eV - Lithium
    	   = 4.14 eV - 3.9 eV =  .24 eV - Beryllium
    
  3. SM&M 3-28
    	Z_Chromium = 24
    	E_n = -13.6 Z^2/n^2 = -7.83 keV/n^2
    	E_1i = initial energy of electron 1 = -7.83 keV/2^2 = -1.96 eV
    	E_1f = final energy of electron 1 = -7.83 keV/1^2 = -7.83 keV
    	E_2i = initial energy of electron 2 = -7.83 eV/4^2 = -.49 keV
    	E_2f = final energy of electron 2 = KE
    
    Energy Conservation:
    	E_1i + E_2i = E_1f + E_2f
    	-1.96 -.49 = -7.83 +KE
    --->	KE = 5.41 keV
    
  4. SM&M 4-12
    You can do this problem either relativistically or non-relativistically:
    	pc = h c /lambda = 1241 eV nm / .1 nm = 12410 eV
    Relativistically:
    	E = Sqrt[(pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2] = Sqrt[(.511e6)^2 + (1.241e4)^2]
    	  = 511151 eV total energy ----> 151 eV kinetic energy.
    Non-relativistically:
    	KE = p^2/2 m = (pc)^2 / 2 mc^2 = (1.241e4)^2/2/.511e6
    	   = 150 eV
    
  5. SM&M 4-28
    	dr = r
    	dp dr = hbar/2 --> dp = hbar/2r
    	KE = dp^2/2m = hbar^2/(8 m r^2)
    	U = -k e^2/r
    	E = KE + U = hbar^2/(8 m r^2) - k e^2/r
    	     dE      hbar^2     k e^2
    	0 = ---- = - -------  + -----
    	     dr      4 m r^3      r^2
    --->	r = hbar^2/(4 m k e^2) = a_0/4 = .0529 nm/4 = .0132 nm
    	E = 4 E_0 = 4 * 13.6 eV
    
    Not too bad for a 1-dimensional model!