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A proton is trapped in an infinitely deep square well of width L = 5 ×...

A proton is trapped in an infinitely deep square well of width L = 5 × 10-6 nm. This is approximately the size of an atomic nucleus. (It depends on atomic weight.) The proton's mc2 = 9.3827 × 108 eV. Note: Atomic nuclei are really spheres. For simplicity, we are treating them as 1-D square wells, which yields the correct order of magnitude result.

1) What is the ground state energy of the proton in this well in eV? E1 =

2) If the proton is in an excited state, it can fall to a lower energy state and emit a photon (just like an electron does). Suppose the photon's energy is 4.0959 × 107 eV.

Note: This photon is a gamma ray, common in nuclear transitions. What was the proton's initial energy level (i.e., the n value)? n =

3) Suppose an electron were trapped in this well (infinitely deep, with the same width, L). What is the electron's ground state energy in this well in eV? E1 =

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A 6.000 g bullet Is fired with a velocity of 600.0 m/s towards a 2.000 kg...

A 6.000 g bullet Is fired with a velocity of 600.0 m/s towards a 2.000 kg stationary target. The target has frictionless wheels and rest on a horizontal surface. When the bullet hits the target, it becomes lodged in it, and the target and bullet move forward at a common velocity. Find the velocity of the bullet and target combination after the collision.

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Block A (0.40 kg) and block B (0.30 kg) are on a frictionless table. Spring 1...

Block A (0.40 kg) and block B (0.30 kg) are on a frictionless table. Spring 1 connects block A to a frictionless peg at 0 and spring 2 connects block A and block B. When the blocks are in uniform circular motion about 0, the springs have lengths of 0.60 m and 0.40 m, as shown. The springs are ideal and massless, and the linear speed of block B is 2.0 m/s. If the spring constant of spring 1 is equal to 30 N/m, the unstretched length of spring 1 is closest to?

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For example, Einstein postulated that the speed of light, c, is constant in all inertial frames...

For example, Einstein postulated that the speed of light, c, is constant in all inertial frames of reference.

Bohr postulated that electrons go around the atom in orbits and that there are pre-defined orbits, and that moving from a higher orbit to a lower orbit makes releases energy.

I bet there are many other postulates that we take for granted.

Therefore I've a question, how can we claim something violates some physical law, when so many physical laws have been postulated?

All it takes is to disprove one of the postulates and suddenly a lot of things break down because of the claims that are based on the postulates.

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True/False please 1. The magnetic field is always conservative 2. Gauss'law for magnetism reflects the fact...

True/False please

1. The magnetic field is always conservative

2. Gauss'law for magnetism reflects the fact that there are no electric monopoles.

3. An electrically charged rod will attract a piece of magnetic material.

4. In an AC circuit, the complex power S represents the power supplied to the capacitors and inductors.

5. The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor increases when a piece of dielectric material is inserted between the plates.

6. If an AC circuit has tow sources with different frequencies, we can add the solutions for each source in phasor space.

7. The ultimate source of all electromagnetic phenomena is electric charges in motion.

8. In an AC circuit, the average power supplied to a resistor is zero.

9. The magnetic field cannot ever do any work.

10. The instantaneous power supplied to any circuit element is always p(t) = i(t)v(t)

11. Both the voltage and current for an inductor must be continuous in time.

12. The relative permeability of a ferromagnetic substance is <1

Thank you!

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How conservation laws are tested experimentally independently from each other? what do I mean by that...

How conservation laws are tested experimentally independently from each other? what do I mean by that question?

It seems that to test one conservation law experimentally, such as conservation of energy, we will have to assume other conservation laws are correct such as conservation of charge and conservation of momentum and angular momentum...etc.

But to really test any conservation law one has to check if one of them is valid independent from any other one. Is this possible experimentally? if not then how scientists check conservation laws?

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The driver of a 1350 kg car, initially traveling at 10.1 m/s, applies the brakes, bringing...

The driver of a 1350 kg car, initially traveling at 10.1 m/s, applies the brakes, bringing the car to rest in a distance of 22.0 m.

(a) Find the net work done on the car.

(b) Find the magnitude and direction of the force that does this work. (Assume this force is constant.)

magnitude,direction

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You have probably seen people jogging in extremely hot weather and wondered "Why?" As we shall...

You have probably seen people jogging in extremely hot weather and wondered "Why?" As we shall see, there are good reasons not to do this! When jogging strenuously, an average runner of mass 68.0 kg and surface area 1.85 m2 produces energy at a rate of up to 1330 W , 80.0 % of which is converted to heat. The jogger radiates heat, but actually absorbs more from the hot air than he radiates away. At such high levels of activity, the skin's temperature can be elevated to around 33.0 ∘C instead of the usual 30.0 ∘C. (We shall neglect conduction, which would bring even more heat into his body.) The only way for the body to get rid of this extra heat is by evaporating water (sweating).

A: How much heat per second is produced just by the act of jogging? (J/s)

B: How much net heat per second does the runner gain just from radiation if the air temperature is 40.0 ∘C (104 ∘F)? (Remember that he radiates out, but the environment radiates back in.) (W)

C: What is the total amount of excess heat this runner's body must get rid of per second? (J/s)

D: How much water must the jogger's body evaporate every minute due to his activity? The heat of vaporization of water at body temperature is 2.42×106 J/kg . (g)

E: How many 750 mL bottles of water must he drink after (or preferably before!) jogging for a half hour? Recall that a liter of water has a mass of 1.00 kg .

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a) A car is driven along a curve at a speed of 38 m/s. If the...

a) A car is driven along a curve at a speed of 38 m/s. If the car

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What is a matter Entropy?

What is a matter Entropy?

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A stunt pilot in an air show performs a loop-the-loop in a vertical circle of radius...

A stunt pilot in an air show performs a loop-the-loop in a vertical circle of radius 3.80* 10^3 m. During this performance the pilot whose weight is 644 N, maintains a constant speed of 2.05 *10^2 m/s.

(a) When the pilot is at the highest point of the loop determine his apparent weight in N.

(b) At what speed, in m/s, will the pilot experience weightlessness?

(c) When the pilot is at the lowest point of the loop determine his apparent weight in N. N

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Please answer the questions fully and dont copy what was answered earlier on a previous post...

Please answer the questions fully and dont copy what was answered earlier on a previous post please

Lab 21 Part 1:

Materials- Slinky, Partner

Methods- A slinky was spread out 15 feet long with a partner and I sitting on the floor. Each of us was only holding a couple of coils while the rest was on the ground. Then each person sent over waves of different sizes and observed the different speeds that they passed by. Afterwards each person sent over transverse waves by moving the slinky side to side. Then we observed longitudinal waves by pushing the slinky in and pulling back.

            After that the partner sent a transverse wave and the same time as me. It was observed what happens when the waves pass each other. Then moving waves were made by moving one end of the slinky back and forth while the partners end was still to create standing waves.

1. What happened when the transverse waves reached your partner’s end? Did the reflected wave stay on the same side as the one you sent? Draw a diagram showing the incoming and reflected waves. 2. Did the waves go any faster or slower when you tried a variety of amplitudes? Explain how this agrees or disagrees with the equation for a transverse wave’s velocity. 3. What did you notice about the speed of the longitudinal waves compared to the transverse waves? 4. Explain what happened when you and your partner both sent waves on the same side. What kind of interference took place? 5. What happened when waves on opposite sides passed each other? 6. How did shortening the length of the spring affect the resonant frequencies? How does this confirm the relationship v = λ f when velocity is constant? (Hint: a shorter spring length means smaller wavelengths for each standing wave). 7. Using this knowledge, explain how musical instruments create higher and lower tones. Use a string instrument as an example.

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An instrument used to measure the airspeed on many early low-speed airplanes was a venturi duct...

An instrument used to measure the airspeed on many early low-speed airplanes was a venturi duct with a convergent-divergent duct (the front section's cross sectional area decreases in the flow direction, and the back section's cross sectional area increases in the flow direction. There is a "throat" in which the area is minimum.). Let A1 and A2 denote the inlet and throat areas, respectively. Let P1 and P2 denote the pressure at the inlet and throat, respectively. If the area ratio is A2/A1 = 1/4 and P1 - P2 = 80 lb/ft2. If the aircraft is flying at standard sea level, what is the velocity in knots?

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If dropped together from a height h, how high does a tennis ball on top of...

If dropped together from a height h, how high does a tennis ball on top of a basketball bounce (tennis ball’s mass is much smaller than basketball’s mass) ?



(please explain this in steps with very in depth explaination, i am dumb lol please explain like you are explaining to a little kid. do not write in cursive)

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Explain in less than 4 brief sentences how a Tesla coil works. Add a sketch.

Explain in less than 4 brief sentences how a Tesla coil works. Add a sketch.

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