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Deuteron Physics Assignment Questions

This document outlines Assignment 1 for PHY 404/610 for the 2024-2025 Semester 2, consisting of various physics problems related to nuclear forces, binding energy, scattering cross sections, and quantum mechanics. The assignment includes questions on the deuteron, potential energy expectations, charge distributions, and solutions to quantum systems. Students are expected to perform calculations and evaluations based on theoretical concepts in physics.

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Deuteron Physics Assignment Questions

This document outlines Assignment 1 for PHY 404/610 for the 2024-2025 Semester 2, consisting of various physics problems related to nuclear forces, binding energy, scattering cross sections, and quantum mechanics. The assignment includes questions on the deuteron, potential energy expectations, charge distributions, and solutions to quantum systems. Students are expected to perform calculations and evaluations based on theoretical concepts in physics.

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PHY 404/610

2024-2025 - Semester - 2
Assignment - 1

1 Questions
1. What fraction of the time do the neutron and proton in the deuteron spend beyond
the range of their nuclear force?

2. Suppose the binding energy of the deuteron were much weaker, say 10 keV. Evaluate
the resulting neutron-proton s-wave cross-section.

3. Show that the singlet neutron-proton state is unbound and evaluate its energy.

4. Find the scattering cross section of the hard sphere:

⎧
⎪
⎪∞, if r < R,
V (r) = ⎨
⎪
⎩0, if r ≥ R.
⎪

5. The condition for the existence of a bound state in the square-well potential can be
determined through the following steps:

(a) Using the complete normalized wave function (refer to Kenneth S. Krane, Chapter
4, Equations 4.3 and 4.4), show that the expectation value of the potential energy
is:
1 1
⟨V ⟩ = ∫ ψ ∗ V ψ dv = −V0 A2 [ R − sin 2k1 R]
2 4k1
(b) Show that the expectation value of the kinetic energy is:
̵2
h ∞ ∂ψ 2
⟨T ⟩ = ∣ ∣ dv
2m ∫0 ∂r
̵2
h 1 1 k2
= A2 [ k12 R + k1 sin 2k1 R + sin2 k1 R]
2m 2 4 2
(c) Show that, for a bound state to exist, it must be true that: ⟨T ⟩ < −⟨V ⟩.
2̵2
(d) Finally, show that a bound state will exist only for: V0 ≥ 8mR
π h
2 . Evaluate the

minimum depth of the potential that gives a bound state of the deuteron.

1
6. Show that the mean-square charge radius of a uniformly charged sphere is: ⟨r2 ⟩ = 3R2
5 .

7. A nuclear charge distribution more realistic than the uniformly charged distribution is
the Fermi distribution:

r − R −1
ρ(r) = ρ0 [1 + exp ( )] .
a

(a) Find the value of a if t = 2.3 fm.


(b) What is the significance of the parameter R?
(c) Evaluate ⟨r2 ⟩ according to this distribution.

8. Compute the total binding energy and the binding energy per nucleon for (a) 7 Li; (b)
20 Ne; (c) 56 Fe; (d) 235 U.

9. Evaluate (a) the neutron separation energies of 7 Li, 91 Zr, and 236 U; (b) the proton
separation energies of 20 Ne, 55 Mn, and 197 Au.

10. A 6 MeV α-particle is scattered by the nucleus of a mercury atom (Z = 80) at 120○ .
What is the minimum distance to which the α- particle approaches the nucleus? What
is the velocity of the α-particle at this point?

11. Assuming a uniform charge distribution within a nucleus of radius R = r0 A1/3 show
that the form factor F (q)for high energy electron scattering is given by:

sin qR
F (q) = (3/q 2 r03 A) [ − R cos qR] .
q
̵ sin θ/2
Where q = (2p/h)

12. Find the solutions to the one-dimensional infinite square well when the potential ex-
tends from − a2 to a2 instead of from 0 to +a. Is the potential invariant with respect to
parity? Are the wave functions? Discuss the assignment of odd and even parity to the
solutions.

13. Find the solution to the “half” harmonic oscillator:


⎧
⎪
⎪0 x<0
V (x) = ⎨ 1 2
⎪
⎪ x>0
⎩ 2 kx
Compare the energy values and wave functions with those of the full harmonic os-
cillator. Why are some of the full solutions present and some missing in the “half”
problem?

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