Exam 28: Quantum Physics

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Microscopes are inherently limited by the wavelength of the light used.How much smaller (in order of magnitude)can we "see" using an electron microscope whose electrons have been accelerated through a potential difference of 50 000 V than using red light (500 nm)?

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How much energy is in an 89.7 MHz photon of FM-radiation?

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Calculate the ground state energy (in eV)for an electron in a box (an infinite well)having a width of 0.050 nm.

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An electron has been accelerated by a potential difference of 100 V.If its position is known to have an uncertainty of 1 nm,what is the percent uncertainty ( Δ\Delta p/p * 100)of the electron?

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A solid state pulsed laser has an energy of 400 mJ per pulse.If its wavelength is 1.06 *10 - 6 m,how many photons are in each pulse?

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A neutron has a mass of 1.67 *10 - 27 kg.Its de Broglie wavelength is 1.4 *10 - 10 m.What is its kinetic energy (in eV)?

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Assume we can determine the position of a particle within an uncertainty of 0.5 nm.What will be the resulting uncertainty in the particle's momentum (in kg . m/s)?

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A wave packet can represent a quantum particle because

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What is the quantum number n of a particle of mass m confined to a one-dimensional box of length L when its energy is 2 h2/mL2?

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If the interaction of a particle with its environment restricts the particle to a finite region of space,the result is the quantization of ____ of the particle.

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Photoelectrons are ejected when monochromatic light shines on a freshly-prepared (oxide-free)sodium surface.In order to obtain the maximum increase in the number of electrons ejected per second,the experimenter needs to

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When U(x)is infinitely large elsewhere,the wave function of a particle restricted to the region 0 < x < L where U(x)= 0,may have the form Δ\Delta (x)=

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A stopping potential of 3.2 V is needed for radiation whose wavelength is 200 nm.What is the work function (in eV)of the material?

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In an experiment different wavelengths of light,all able to eject photoelectrons,shine on a freshly prepared (oxide-free)zinc surface.Which statement is true?

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The light intensity incident on a metallic surface produces photoelectrons with a maximum kinetic energy of 2 eV.The light intensity is doubled.Determine the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons (in eV).

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The wavelength of a 45-kg teenager moving at 5 m/s on a skateboard is about

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Quantum tunneling occurs in

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Suppose we use optical radiation ( λ\lambda = 500 nm)to determine the position of the electron to within the wavelength of the light.What will be the resulting uncertainty in the electron's velocity?

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Assume the Heisenberg uncertainty principle can take the form Δ\Delta E Δ\Delta t ≥\ge h/4B.How accurate can the position of an electron be made if its speed is 5 * 106 m/s and if the uncertainty in its energy is 10 eV?

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A photon collides with an electron.After the collision the wavelength of the scattered wave at a scattering angle greater than 0∘0 ^ { \circ } is

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