PH101- Problem Set 7

Q1. A light source of wavelength illuminates a metal and ejects photoelectrons with a
maximum kinetic energy of 1.00 eV . A second light source with half the wavelength of the first
ejects photoelectrons with a maximum kinetic energy of 4.00 eV. Determine the work function
of the metal.

Q2. X-rays with an energy of 300 keV undergo Compton scattering with a target. If the
scattered X-rays are detected at 30 relative to the incident X-rays, determine the Compton
shift at this angle, the energy of the scattered X-ray, and the energy of the recoiling electron?

Q3. In a Compton collision with an electron, a photon of violet light ( = 400 nm) is backward
scattered through an angle 180.

(a) How much energy is transferred to the electron in this collision?

(b) Compare the result with the energy the electron would acquire in a photoelectric process
with the same photon.

(c) Could violet light eject electrons from a metal by Compton collision? Explain

Q4. When two ultraviolet beam of wavelengths 1=280nm and 2=490 nm fall on a lead surface,
they produce photoelectrons with maximum energies 8.57 eV and 6.67 eV, respectively.

(a) Estimate the numerical value of the Planck constant.

(b) Calculate the work function and the cutoff frequency of lead.

Q5. Consider a photon that scatters from an electron at rest. If the Comptons wavelength
shift is observed to be triple the wavelength of the incident photon and if the photon scatters at
60

Calculate

(a) The wavelength of the incident photon

(b) The energy of the recoiling electron
(c) The angle at which the electron scatters.

Q6. Show that the maximum of Plank energy density for a blackbody occurs for a wavelength of

the form = ,where is the temperature and is the constant needed to be evaluated.
Q7. Estimate the surface temperature of a star if the radiation it emits has a maximum intensity
at wavelength of 446 nm. What is the intensity radiated by the star at this temperature?

Q8. A particle is represented (at = 0)by the wave function

(, 0) = (2 2 ) if +

= 0 Other wise

Find (a) uncertainty in and (b) are the results consistent with uncertainty principle? Given
15
normalization constant = 165

1 2
2 4 (( )+)
Q9. A particle of mass is in the state (, ) = ( ) Prove that uncertainty

principle is valid for and

Q10. A system is defined by the wave function:

2 x L L
( x) A cos for 4 x 4
L
Determine the normalization constant A.

Q11. A particle of mass m is in the state

( x, t ) Ae

a mx
2
iat
Determine A, where a is positive real constant.

Q12. The wave function of a particle moving in the x-dimension is

Nx( L x) 0 x L
0 elsewhere
(a) Normalize the wave function.
(b) Calculate expectation value of x
(c) Calculate expectation value of energy

Q13. Consider a particle whose normalized wave function is

( x) 2 xe x x0
0 x0
 (a) Calculate < x > and < x 2 >
(b) Calculate <p> and < p2 >
(c) Verify Uncertainty relation.
Q14. An electron is confined to a one-dimensional region in which its ground-state (n =1)
energy is 2.00 eV. (a) What is the length L of the region? (b) What energy input is required to
promote the electron to its first excited state?
Q15. An electron that has an energy of approximately 6 eV moves between infinitely high walls
1.00 nm apart. Find (a) the quantum number n for the energy state the electron occupies and
(b) the precise energy of the electron.
Q16. An electron in an infinitely deep square well has a wave function that is given by

And is zero otherwise. (a) What are the most probable positions of the electron? (b) Explain
how you identify them.
Q17. Find the kinetic energy of a proton whose de Broglie wavelength is 1.000 fm, which is
roughly the proton diameter.