Roll Number:

PH107(August 27, 2014) QUIZ 1

a. Please write your Name, Roll Number, Division and Tutorial Batch on answer
sheets and Roll Number on the Question Paper.
b. All steps must be shown. All explanations must be clearly given for getting credit.
Just the correct final answer does not guarantee the full credit.
c. Possession of mobile phone and exchange of calculators during the examination are
strictly prohibited.
Weightage: 15%

Time: 50 minutes

1.
(a) Using equipartition law, find the molar specific heat of a gas (at constant volume),
which contains tri-atomic molecules with the atoms bonded (non rigidly) to each
other in a triangular form.
[2 marks]

Triatomic molecule has 3 atoms and hence total no. of degrees of freedom=3x3=9
Out of these, 3 are translational, 3 are rotational and the remaining 3 are vibrational.
According to the equipartition theorem, the average energy per degree of freedom
1
for translation and rotation is k BT each and that for vibrational freedom is kBT.
2
(1 mark)
1

Therefore, the total energy per mole is 3 3 k BT 3k BT N A =6NAkBT

2

And CV

dE
6NAkB 6R
dT

(1 mark)

(b) In a dispersive medium, the frequency- wavelength relationship of certain type of

v
waves is such that phase velocity is v o for a wavelength o , but is o for the
2
wavelength 2o . Find the group velocity of the waves at the wavelengths o and 2o ,
in terms of v o . Also find the angular frequency of the wave for these two
wavelengths, in terms of v o and o .
[4 marks]
1

or
k
k
k
i .e., Ak 2 v p k ( A is a constant)
vp

..(1 mark)

d
2 Ak 2v p
dk
v g ( 0 ) 2v 0 and
vg

v0
v0
2
2 2 v 0
( 0 ) v 0k v 0

v g ( 20 ) 2

(1 mark)

v
2 v 0
2
( 20 ) v 0k 0

2 20
40

(2 marks)

2. A photon with energy equal to 3moc 2 is scattered by a particle of rest mass mo ,

initially at rest. After the scattering, both the photon and the particle move in different
directions making equal angles with the direction of the incident photon. Find (a)
the value of (b) the energy of the scattered photon in terms of moc 2 and (c) de
Broglie wave length of the scattered particle.
[5 marks]

h, h/c
h, h/c

E e, p e

pe sin

h '
sin .............(1)
c

h h '

pe cos ............(2)
c
c
h '
pe
c
Putting this in eqn.(2),

(1 mark)

h
h '
2 pe cos 2
cos
c
c

2cos .
'
'
or
2cos

(1 mark)

Using Compton effect equation, '-

i .e., (2cos 1)
Also,

hc

h
(1 cos )
m0c

h
(1 cos )...............(3)
m0c

3m0c 2

h
3m0c

putting in equation 3, cos 1(4 / 5)

(1 mark)

h 8
'
h ' 5
15
h '
m0c 2
8
h ' 15
pe

m0c
c
8
h
8 h
3
dB

1.3 10 nm
pe 15 m0c

(1 mark)

(1 mark)

x
a
x exists. It is given that V0 has the dimensions of potential and a has the
dimension of length. Both V0 and a are constants. Using the uncertainty principle with
xpx= h, find out the ground state energy of the particle.
[4 marks]
3. A particle of mass m is confined to a region where a potential V V0

V V0

p x

h
2x

a
x 2 x

h2
2
since px 0, p 2 px 2
4x
E

(1 mark)

p2

h2
x
V (x)
V0
2
2m
8
mx
a

(1 mark)

h 2 V0
dE

0
3
dx
4mx a
1/3

h 2a
h 2 V0

0
3
4mx a
4mV 0

h2
h 2 h 2a
x0
E0

0
2
a
8m 4mV 0
8mx0
1/3

h 2aV0 2

4m

(1 mark)
2/3

1/3

V h 2a
0

a 4mV 0

h 2 4m 1

2
8m h a a

1/3

27h 2V0 2

2
32ma

(1 mark)

Even if a student has taken x=x, full credit should be give, provided that all
other steps are correct.
Useful data

E 2 p 2c 2 mo 2c 4

h
1 cos
moc

h
2.43 103 nm
moc