Exam 27: Quantum Physics Blackbody Radiation and Plancks Hypothesis: Part A

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If the total energy of an electron in an accelerator is five times its rest energy,what is its speed? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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A proton with mass 1.67 × 10−27 kg moves in an accelerator with speed of 0.900c.What is its kinetic energy? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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What is the total energy of a proton moving at a speed of 2.10 × 108 m/s? (proton mass is 1.67 × 10−27 kg and c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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A knight on horseback holds a 10-m lance.The horse can run at 0.78c.(It wins most of its races!)How long will the lance appear to a person that is standing still on the ground as the horse runs past?

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A spaceship is moving away from an observer at relativistic speed.Its length at rest is 100 m,but the observer measures its length as 67 m.A time interval of 100 s on the spaceship would be measured by the observer to be which of the following?

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A mass is bouncing on the end of a spring with a period T when measured by a ground observer.What would the period of oscillation be (as measured by the same observer)if the mass and spring were moving past the ground observer at a speed of 0.600c?

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The astronaut whose heart rate on Earth is 60 beats/min increases his velocity to v = 0.60c.Now what is his heart rate as measured by an Earth observer?

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A proton with mass 1.67 × 10−27 kg moves with a speed of 0.800c in an accelerator.What is its relativistic momentum? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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An astronaut at rest has a heart rate of 65 beats/min.What will her heart rate be as measured by an earth observer when the astronaut's spaceship goes by the earth at a speed of 0.80c?

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The observed relativistic length of a super rocket moving by the observer at 0.57c will be what factor times that of the measured rocket length if it were at rest?

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A proton with mass 1.67 × 10−27 kg moves with a speed of 0.800c in an accelerator.What is its kinetic energy? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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Two spaceships are approaching one another,one with speed v​1 and the other with speed v​2.Neither speed is 0.Their speed of approach,according to Newtonian mechanics,is ​v​1 + ​v​2.Special relativity tells us that the speed of approach

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An electron of mass 9.11 × 10−31 kg moves with a speed of 0.800c.What is its kinetic energy? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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A particle is moving the +x direction at speed c/2.Another particle is moving in the -x direction at speed c/2 toward the first particle.Which of the following best describes the speed of one particle as seen by an observer moving with the other particle?

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As measured from the Earth,a spacecraft is moving at speed 0.80c when it releases a probe at speed 0.60c relative to the spacecraft in a forward direction.What would be the speed of the probe as measured from the Earth?

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An electron of mass 9.11 × 10−31 kg moves with a speed of 0.800c.What is its total energy? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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If a proton with mass 1.67 × 10−27 kg moves in an accelerator such that its total energy is two times its rest energy,what is its speed? (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

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A spaceship of mass 106 kg is to be accelerated to 0.60c.How much energy does this require?

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As measured from the Earth,a spacecraft is moving at speed c/2 toward a second spacecraft that is not moving.The first spacecraft emits a laser pulse toward the second spacecraft.What is the speed of the laser pulse measured by the second spacecraft as it passes by?

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A satellite is powered by a small nuclear generator that puts out 20 W.How much matter is converted into energy over the 10 year life span of the generator?

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