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    This document contains problems related to black body radiation and Planck's radiation formula, as well as Compton scattering. It asks the reader to estimate wavelengths and intensities of radiation from a hot filament, determine the peak wavelength of radiation from human skin, derive limits of Planck's radiation formula, and use it to derive Wien's displacement law. It also contains problems involving calculating Compton shifts and wavelengths for X-rays scattered by various materials, as well as kinetic energies of recoiling electrons and verifying equations for Compton scattering.

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    Problems Black body radiation:

    1. Estimate the wavelength and the intensity of radiation emitted


    by a glowing tungsten filament whose surface temperature is
    3300K. (Given k = 1.3807x10-23JK-1 and Stefan constant σ =
    5.67x10-8 Wm-2 K-4). If you make a light source from such
    filament, do you think it will be an efficient source?

    2. The temperature of a person skin is Tskin = 37 oC. Determine the


    wavelength at which the radiation emitted from the skin
    reaches its peak.
    3. Derive the form of the Planck radiation formula in the limit case:
    (a) hc/λkBT ≪ 1 (large wavelengths);
    (b) hc/λkBT ≫ 1 (small wavelengths). Interpret the results.
    4. Derive Wien’s displacement law using Planck’s law.
    5. Ultraviolet light of wavelength 350 nm and intensity 1.00 W/m2
    is directed at a potassium surface. Find the number of photons
    emitted per second if the potassium surface has an area of 1.00
    cm2?
    6. If Planck’s constant were smaller than it is, would quantum
    phenomena be more or less conspicuous than they are now?
    7. Express the Planck radiation formula in terms of wavelength.
    Problems Compton scattering:
    1. X-ray of wavelength 1.4 Å are scattered from a block of carbon.
    What will be the wavelength of scattered X-rays at (i) 180° (ii)
    90° (iii) 0°. At what scattering angle the maximum Compton shift
    is observed?

    2. Explain the Compton scattering with a schematic. How does


    Compton shift vary with the photon scattering angle. In
    Compton experiment how much would be the maximum
    Compton shift, if electron is replaced with a neutron (mass of
    neutron is 2000 times that of electron.)
    3. X-rays are scattered by Na crystal. Compare the wavelength of X-
    rays and the Compton wavelength of Na atom. What is change in
    wavelength you observe in this Compton scattering?
    [MNa=3.82×10-26 Kg]

    4. A photon of energy 3keV collides with an electron initially at rest.


    If photon emerges at an angle of 60o, calculate kinetic energy of
    recoiling electron in electron volts.

    5. A photon carries 2.00 x10-14 J of energy. It undergoes Compton


    scattering in a block of carbon. What is the largest fractional
    change in energy the photon can undergo as a result?
    5. Prove that in Compton scattering the photon will never get
    absorbed by the fee electron.

    6. A photon of frequency is scattered by an electron initially at rest.


    Verify that the maximum kinetic energy of the recoil electrons
    KEmax = (2h22/mc2)/(1+2h/mc2).

    7. In a Compton-effect experiment in which the incident x-rays have


    a wavelength of 10.0 pm, the scattered x-rays at a certain angle
    have a wavelength of 10.5 pm. Find the momentum (magnitude
    and direction) of the corresponding recoil electrons.
    Answers:
    Planck’s hypothesis
    1. 878 nm, 6.75 MW, and not an efficient source.
    2. 9.34 m
    3. Refer discussion
    4. Refer discussion
    5. Beiser solved prob. 2.2 (b)
    6. Refer discussion
    7. Refer discussion

    Compton Scattering
    1. 1.4486 Å, 1.4243 Å, and 1.4 Å
    2. Refer discussion, 1.21  10-6 Å
    3. Compton wavelength Na = 5.7  10-10 Å, while x-ray wavelength in the order
    of 1 Å
    4. 9 eV
    5. ~ 20 % (0.4  10-14 J)
    6. Refer discussion
    7. 4.1  10-23 Kg.m/s, 67.2o

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