Problem Set for JEST-2017
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Abhirup ChakrabortyProblem Set for JEST-2017
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Abhirup ChakrabortyProblem Set for JEST – 2017
(Answer all the questions logically, precisely and to the point as much as you can)
Time: 3 hours Marks: 100
1. A proton is confined in an infinite square well of width 4 fm. Calculate the energy of the photon emitted when
the proton undergoes a transition from the excited state = 11 to the ground state = 1 (up to four significant
digits).
2. Consider a quantum particle of mass m in an infinite potential well:
0; | | <
= 2
∞; | | ≥
2
A small perturbation = 2 | |/ is applied. What will be the change in the ground state energy? Can you
find out the modified wave function?
3. An ideal gas with adiabatic exponent undergoes a process in which its pressure P is related to its volume V by
the relation = − , where & are positive constants. The volume increases from 0 to / . At what
value of the volume the process does the gas have maximum entropy?
4. In a capacitor with square plates each of side a, one plate is making a small angle with the other. Plate
separation at one end is and at another end is + ∆ . Find the capacitance of the system.
5. The electrostatic potential in a certain region in space is given by,
=
4
Where is a constant of finite dimension. Calculate the electric field and charge density.
6. Given
√2 +
= − ̂ + √2 ̂ 10 × 10 − √3 × 10
3
(a) Find the direction of propagation of the field.
(b) Find magnetic field and Poynting’s vector.
(c) Calculate the average power radiated through a circular area of 100 square meter placed perpendicular to the
direction of propagation of the field.
7. An EM wave polarized normal to the plane of incidence falls from free space on to a dielectric slab at Brewster’s
−1
angle. Show that the reflectance is = .
+1
8. Prove the Poisson Bracket: . . =2 . . Can you state how classical Poisson bracket is related to
quantum mechanical commutator?
9. If a planet was suddenly stopped in its orbit, supposed to be circular, show that it would fall into sun in a time
which is √2 8 times of its period.
10. A mass m moves in a circular orbit of radius under the influence of central force whose potential inversely
proportional to . Show that the circular orbit is stable under small oscillation if < 2. Find the equation of
motion. If = cos , find the force law.
11. A monochromatic wave propagates in a direction making an angle 60° with the x-axis in the reference frame of
the source. The source moves at speed 0.8c towards the observer. Find the direction cosine of the wave as seen by
the observer.
12. Calculate
1 1 1
2× + + +⋯
3 5
2 1
13. Calculate cos 6 for = .
1 2
14. Show that
1
= −1
2 !
15. A spherical virus has a linear dimension 10 °. It has population 10 million per unit cc in formalin solution of
density 0.001% that of distilled water. If after intra-osmosis its volume increases by 10% as a whole, what which
be the situation if they are initially confined in a Petri-dish of radius 10 cm and height 5cm? Now think quantum
mechanically the Petri-dish as a quantum-well of depth . If the viruses act as a single free particle confined in
that well, calculate the minimum momentum to overcome that barrier.
16. Diagrammatically show the Zeeman-splitting of 3 / . Calculate the fine-structure correction for the ground state
energy for the same.
17. Find the Laplace transform of the function cos . What will be case if the transform is periodic with period
T?
18. Evaluate the following Fourier integral for Scattering function of the ‘Freely Jointed Polymer’ using the provided
probability distribution where is the distance between ith and jth monomers of the polymer chain (remember that
it is valid only for positive half of reference frame,
1
= < − . >
3 3
= −
2 | − | 2 | − |
19. A zipper has N-links. Each link can be in a state in which it is closed with energy 0 or in a state in which it is open
with energy . The zipper can only unzip from one end, say left end, and that a link can only open if all links to
the left are open. Find out the partition function. Find out the average number of open links and show that in the
limit ≫ , it is independent of N (A very simplified model of DNA),. What will be the partition function if the
zip is openable from both ends with energies ± ?
20. If a ball of mass m bounces partially inelastically on a floor after dropping from a height H, show that it will stop
after covering a distance
= 1+
1−
after a time
= 1+ .
1−
What will be the case for elastic collision?
