72 Probset 2nd Long
72 Probset 2nd Long
72 Probset 2nd Long
College of Science
Physics 73
2nd Long Problem Set A
1st Semester 2012-2013
A-1
Coulombs, and mass in kg. It may be helpful to recall that charge multiplied
by voltage should have units of work or energy.)
A. 3.0 x 1011 kg/C
D. 9.00 x 1019 kg/C
-6
B. 3.33 x 10 kg/C
E. 1000 kg/C
C. 1.11 x 10-14 kg/ C
Hour 19
5. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The time interval between two events is the same for a moving and a
stationary reference frame.
B. Distance is invariant in Euclidean and Lorentz space.
C. Time and space coordinates are used to describe events.
D. Interval between events may be different between two different inertial
reference frames.
E. An event will have the same position coordinates in all inertial frames.
6. Given two sets of data for the time interval and space separation between
two events, what is a possible combination of values (t, x) for the laboratory
and rocket reference frames?
A. Lab: (9.1 m, 8.2 m), Rocket: (4.5 m, 2.1m)
B. Lab: (8.2 m, 9.1 m), Rocket: (4.5 m, 2.1 m)
C. Lab: (2.1 m, 4.5 m), Rocket: (9.1 m, 8.2 m)
D. Lab: (9.1 m, 4.5 m), Rocket: (4.5 m, 2.1 m)
E. Lab: (4.5 m, 8.2 m), Rocket: (9.1 m, 2.1 m)
7. Consider two events C and D. Two observers, Alice and Bob, will have the
following table of coordinates for the two events. Note that the entries below
follow the convention (t,x).
Event C
Event D
Alice
(0.00 m, 1.00 m)
(5.00 m, 7.00 m)
Bob
( 10.00 m, xC)
( 50.00 m, xD)
D. 1539 m
E. 39.2 m
A-3
John
(10.0 m, 0.000 m)
(0.000 m, 0.000 m)
Marsha
( 50.0 m, 49.0 m)
( 0.000 m, 0.000 m)
As discussed in our textbook, the records of John and Marsha may be obtained
using a latticework of synchronized recording clocks and metersticks. To
construct these records, John needs to use ______ recording clocks; while
Marsha needs to use ______ recording clocks.
A. 1; 1
D. 2; 1
B. 1; 2
E. 1; 0
C. 2; 2
Hour 20
For the next two items, refer to the figure below.
9. What is the total proper time for a rocket traveling at constant velocity from
point A to point D? Let the interval between grid lines be equal to 1.00 m.
A. 7.00 m
D. 7.94 m
B. 8.00 m
E. 5.74 m
C. 6.93 m
A-4
12. Based on planet Xs records, at t = 0.0 yr, an astronaut leaves planet X and
travels to the left (towards the center of the galaxy) at velocity v = 0.25. At t
= 3.0 yr, the astronaut decides to turn back towards planet X with velocity 0.1
to meet with a supply ship from planet X, and they meet at t = 5.0 yr. With
replenished supplies, the astronaut again travels towards the center of the
A-5
Lab
(t, x)
Rocket
(7.00 m, 2.00 m)
The rocket frame is moving to the right with speed 0.6. If the rocket and lab
frame latticeworks of recording clocks and metersticks have the same
orientation, and have the same spacetime origin, what labels will the rocket
frame use for event L?
A. (7.25 m, 2.75 m)
D. (8.75m, 1.6 m)
B. (10.25 m, 7.75 m)
E. (4.64 m, 1.76 m)
C. (7.25 m, 2.75 m)
A-6
Lab
(5.00 m, 1.00 m)
Rocket
(t, x)
The rocket frame is moving to the left with speed 0.5. If the rocket and lab
frame latticeworks of recording clocks and metersticks have the same
orientation, and have the same spacetime origin, what labels will the rocket
frame use for event L?
A. (5.20 m, 1.73 m)
D. (4.76 m, 3.03 m)
B. (5.77 m, 0.866 m)
E. (6.35 m, 4.04 m)
C. (4.33 m, 1.15 m)
Hour 22
17. You and your friend are playing hide and seek. Your friend counts for 10.0
seconds while you hide. You decide to count along with your friend so that you
know how much time you have left. However, you are running very fast so
that your counting is slower and your friend has already started looking for
you at the instant your clock reads 9.50 seconds. How fast did you run?
A. 0.312c
D. 0.0500c
B. 0.0975c
E. 0.0250c
C. 0.224c
18. The mast of a pirate ship, the large pole to which the sail is attached, stands
(vertical) 6.33 m high. The pirate ship sails at a speed of 0.212. A man on
island (stationary) will see that the mast would have a height equal to
A. 6.63 m
D. 6.47 m
B. 6.05 m
E. 6.33 m
C. 6.19 m
19. Consider two events A and B. From the records of two inertial observers
Alice and Bob, we obtain the following table of values:
Event A
Event B
Alice
(10.0 m, -3.00 m)
(10.0 m, 3.00 m)
A-7
Bob
(tA, xA)
(tB, xB)
Bob uses a rocket frame moving to the left with speed 0.6 as measured by
Alices frame. Which of the following is true?
A. Both events occur at the same place according to
observes event A to occur before event B.
B. Both events occur at the same time according to
observes event A to occur after event B.
C. Both events occur at the same time according to
observes event A to occur before event B.
D. Both events occur at the same time according to
observes event A to occur at the same time as event B.
E. Both events occur at the same place according to
observes event A to occur after event B.
20. A cylindrical rocket has radius 5.00 m and length 20.0 m in its rest frame.
This rocket was observed in the home frame to be moving along the direction
of its length, at constant velocity 0.700 .What is the radius r and length l of
this rocket according to the home frame?
A. r = 3.57 m; l = 14.3 m
D. r = 5.00 m; l = 28.0 m
B. r = 7.00 m; l = 28.0 m
E. r = 3.57 m; l = 20.0 m
C. r = 5.00 m; l = 14.3 m
Hour 23
For the next two questions, consider the two-observer spacetime diagram
shown below, where the unprimed coordinate system is the laboratory
reference frame and the primed coordinate system is the rocket reference
frame.
A-8
A-9
23. The set of all events occurring at the spatial origin of the rocket frame trace
out a worldline. What worldline is it?
24. On this spacetime diagram, what worldline represents all events that occur
at the same time, t = 0.0 m according to the rocket frame?
Hour 24
25. What is the velocity of a bullet relative to a rocket moving at a rate of
0.89c relative to the Earth if the bullet moves with a speed of 0.56c relative to
the Earth?
A. 0.22
D. 0.66
B. 0.66
E. 0.22
C. 0.97
26. The velocity of the runner was measured in two reference frames, the lab
and the rocket frame. In the lab frame, the velocity is 0.341, while it is 0.553
in the rocket frame. What is velocity of the rocket frame relative to the lab
frame?
A. 0.261 to the left of the lab frame
B. 0.261 to the right of the lab frame
C. 0.752 to the right of the lab frame
D. 0.752 to the right of the lab frame
E. 0.212 to the right of the lab frame
27. In the rocket frame, the velocity of an object is 0.63 along the positive xdirection. The rocket frame moves with speed 0.20 along the negative x
direction according to the lab frame. According to the lab frame records, the
velocity of the object must be:
A. 0.492
D. 0.737
B. 0.737
E. 0.830
C. 0.492
28. In the rocket frame, the velocity of a proton is 0.700. According to the lab
frame, the velocity of the same proton is 0.350. What is the velocity of the
rocket frame according to the lab frame?
A. 0.464
D. 0.843
B. 0.464
E. 0.350
C. 0.843
A - 10
For the next two questions, consider that the costume of The Flash emits in its
rest frame a wavelength of 620 nm (red).
29. The Flash thought of a way of making himself invisible by running very
fast away from a super villain. What would be the minimum speed The Flash
needs to run in order to appear invisible, or for his costume to emit outside the
visible spectrum (701 nm) as seen by the villain.
A. 0.122
D. 0.0613
B. 0.122
E. 0.0613
C. 1
30. The Flash wants to deceive his enemy by trying to look like Superman
while he is running at relativistic speeds. Assuming Supermans costume
(without the cape) emits a blue wavelength of around 455 nm, what should
The Flash so he can deceive his arch nemesis?
A. Run towards his nemesis at a speed of 0.30
B. Run away from his nemesis at a speed of 0.30
C. Run towards his nemesis at a speed of 0.15
D. Run away from his nemesis at a speed of 0.15
E. Run at the speed light in any direction
31. A detector is stationed at the spatial origin, while a light source is
somewhere along the positive x-axis. If the detector measures the wavelength
of the light source, the velocity of the light source is v, and the measured
wavelength of the light source in its own frame is 0 , then _______________.
A. ( / 0 ) = [(1v)/(1+v)]1/2
B. ( / 0 ) = [(1+v)/(1v)]1/2
C. ( / 0 ) = [(1v2)/(1+v2)] 1/2
D. ( / 0 ) = [(1+v2)/(1v2)] 1/2
E. ( / 0 ) = [1/(1+v)]1/2
32. A troubled student, upon seeing his transcript with red marks, decides to
accelerate until he reaches a speed v while carrying his transcript towards his
parents.
For his parents to see blue marks, he must
be______________________.
(Wavelengths of red and blue light: Red= 690 nm; Blue= 490 nm)
A. moving away from them at speed 0.33
B. moving toward them at speed 0.33
A - 11
D. 2.1 kg
E. 0.79 kg
D. 2.1 kg
E. 0.79 kg
35. A particle has mass 1.673 x 10 -27 kg. If it is moving to the left with speed
0.300, then the energy and momentum px of the particle must be:
A. E = 1.75 x 10-27 kg, px = 5.26 x 10-28 kg
B. E = 1.75 x 10-27 kg, px = 5.26 x 10-28 kg
C. E = 7.523 x 10-29 kg, px = 5.02 x 10-28 kg
D. E = 7.523 x 10-29 kg, px = 5.02 x 10-28 kg
E. E = 7.523 x 10-29 kg, px = 5.26 x 10-28 kg
36. Two photons of the same energy E = 8.36 x 10 -28 kg have an equal and
opposite momentum along the x-direction, of magnitudes p = 8.36 x 10 -28 kg.
The two photons disappear after the collision and a new particle of total energy
ETOT and pTOTx. What are ETOT and pTOTx?
A. ETOT = 8.36 x 10-28 kg, pTOT = 8.36 x 10-28 kg
B. ETOT = 8.36 x 10-28 kg, pTOT = 0.00 kg
C. ETOT = 1.67 x 10-27 kg, pTOT = 1.67 x 10-27kg
D. ETOT = 1.67 x 10-27 kg, pTOT = 0.00 x 10-27kg
E. ETOT = 1.67 x 10-27 kg, pTOT = 1.67 x 10-27kg
A - 12
Hour 26
37. A particle is at rest relative to a rocket frame and has mass m = 8.25 kg.
Relative to a stationary observer in a laboratory frame, this rocket frame is
moving with speed 0.225 along the +x axis. What is the particle's energy and
momentum relative to the laboratory frame?
A. E = 8.25 kg, p = 0 kg
D. E = 1.91 kg, p = 8.47 kg
B. E = 8.03 kg, p = 1.81 kg
E. E =8.47 kg, p = 1.91 kg
C. E = 1.81 kg, p = 8.03 kg
38. What is the momentum of a particle of mass m = 0.55 kg that is at rest in
the lab frame as seen in a rocket that is moving with speed 0.77?
A. 0.42 kg
D. 0.86 kg
B. 0.35 kg
E. 0 kg
C. 0.66 kg
39. Consider a particle traveling along the x axis with momentum p x = 19.0
eV and total energy E = 30.0 eV, as measured by a stationary observer in a
laboratory. If another inertial frame is moving at constant speed v frame = 0.900
in the positive x direction, what would be the particle's momentum and total
energy relative to the moving reference frame?
A. E' = 29.6 eV , px' = 18.3 eV
D. E' = 105 eV, px' = 108 eV
B. E' = 108 eV, px' = 105 eV
E. E' = 68.8 eV, px' = 8.28 eV
x
C. E' = 18.3 eV, p ' = 29.5 eV
40. A photon has an energy E = 9.109 x 10 -31kg and momentum in the negative
x direction px= 9.109 x 10-31 kg as measured by observer Alice. Bob,
another observer, is moving in the +x direction with velocity v Bob = 1/2.
According to Bob the photon must have an energy E =____ and momentum p x
= _____________.
A. 7.88 x 10-31kg; 10.5 x 10-31kg in the positive x direction
B. 15.8 x 10-31kg; 15.8 x 10-31kg in the negative x direction
C. 15.8 x 10-31kg; 15.8 x 10-31kg in the positive x direction
D. 5.26 x 10-31kg; 5.26 x 10-31kg in the positive x direction
E. 5.26 x 10-31kg; 5.26 x 10-31kg in the negative x direction
A - 13
Hour 27
41. A particle has rest mass of 3.5 kg relative to the lab frame. The particle is
moving relative to the lab frame with a speed of 0.32. What is the rest mass of
the particle relative to a rocket frame that is moving with a speed of 0.78
relative to the lab frame?
A. 2.9 kg
D. 3.5 kg
B. 3.7 kg
E. 1.8 kg
C. 5.6 kg
42. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The speed of a massless particle can vary depending on its direction of
motion.
B. The momentum of a massless particle is equal to its energy.
C. The momentum of a massless particle is zero.
D. The total momentum of a non-isolated system is conserved.
E. The total mass of a system consisting of zero mass particles is zero.
43. A particle has a momentum of 4.0 eV and a total energy of 5.0 eV. What is
the mass of the particle?
A. 1.0 eV
D. 6.4 eV
B. 9.0 eV
E. 41 eV
C. 3.0 eV
44. A particle has energy 5.0 x 10 -9 kg and momentum 2.0 x 10 -9 kg in Alice's
frame. In Bob's reference frame, the particle has energy 10.0 x 10 -9 kg. What is
the magnitude of the momentum in the Bob's frame?
A. 8.9 x 10-9 kg
D. 4.6 x 10-9 kg
B. 8.5 x 10-9 kg
E. 10.0 x 10-9 kg
-9
C. 3.2 x 10 kg
A - 14
Extra:
45. Consider the events labeled A to E. Which of these events can affect or
cause event W but never be affected by event W?