DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS BBDNIIT

B. TECH. FIRST SEMESTER 2014-2015

UNIT II: MODERN PHYSICS
1. Write short notes on wave particle duality with suitable examples.
2. What are the matter waves? Show that the wavelength associated with a particle of mass m and
h
kinetic energy E is given by
2mE
3. Calculate the de-Broglie wavelength associated with a proton moving with a velocity equal to
(1\20)th velocity of light.
4. Calculate de-Broglie wavelength of a neutron having kinetic energy 28.8 eV.
5. Show that the de-Broglie wavelength for a material particle of rest mass mo and charge q,
accelerated through a potential difference of V volts relativistically, is given by

h
qV
2mo qV (1 )
2mo c 2
6. Describe Davisson & Germer experiment to prove that electrons possess wave nature.
7. Calculate the kinetic of an electron if the wavelength of electron equals yellow line of sodium.
8. Can a photon & an electron of the same momentum have the same wavelength? Compare their
wavelength if the two have the same energy.
9. Calculate the deBroglie wavelength of an α-particle accelerated through a potential difference of 200
Volts.
10. Calculate the velocity and kinetic energy of a neutron havi8ng deBroglie wavelength 1Å.
11. Define phase velocity and group velocity. Show that the group velocity is equal to the velocity of
particle with which the waves are associated.
12. State and explain Heisenberg uncertainty principle? Apply it to prove the non-existence of electrons
in the nucleus?
13. The speed of an electron is measured to be 5.00 * 103 m/sec within the accuracy of 0.003%. Find the
uncertainty in the position of this electron.
14. Calculate the uncertainty in the velocity of an electron which is confined in a 10 Å box.
15. Find the uncertainty in the momentum of a particle when its position is determined within 0.01 cm.
Find also the uncertainty in the velocity of an electron and α-particle respectively when they are
located within 5 X 10-8 cm.
16. Derive is time independent & time dependent Schrodinger equation.
17. What is the physical significance of state function ψ used in Schroedinger wave equation. What
conditions must it fulfil?
18. A particle is in motion along a line between x = 0 and x = a with zero potential energy. At points for
which x ≤ 0 and x ≥ a, the potential energy is infinite. Solving Schroedinger’s equation, obtain
energy eigen values and normalized wave function for the particle.
19. Find the energy of an electron moving in one dimension in an infinitely potential box of width 1 Å.
20. An electron is bound in a one dimensional potential box which has a width 2.5 X 10-10 m. Assuming
the height of the box to be infinite, calculate the lowest two permitted energy values of the electron.
21. Calculate the expectation values of p and p2 for the normalized wave function.
Ψ=
22. An electron is confined to move between two rigid walls separated by 10-9 m. Find de-Broglie’s
wavelength representing the first three allowed energy states of the electron and the corresponding
energies.