Physics 73 EEE

Recitation Quiz 10 (60 pts)

February 8, 2013
1. Bohr Model
(a) Using the Bohr model, calculate the speed of the electron in a hydrogen atom in
the n = 1, 2 and 3 levels. (5 pts)
(b) Calculate the orbital period in each of these levels. (5 pts)
(c) The average lifetime of the first excited level of a hydrogen atom is 1.0 x 108 s.
In the Bohr model, how many orbits does an electron in the n = 2 level complete
before returning to the ground level? (5 pts)
2. Element Pang
The energy levels for a hypothetical one electron element Pang are E1 = 20eV, E2 =
10eV, E3 = 5eV and E4 = 2eV. The potential energy is taken to be zero for an
electron at an infinite distance from the nucleus.
(a) How much energy (in eV) does it take to ionize an electron from the ground level?
(2 pts)
(b) An 18eV photon is absorbed by Pang atom in its ground level. As the atom returns
to its ground level, what possible energies and wavelengths can the emitted photons
have? Assume that there can be transitions between all pairs of levels. (10 pts)
(c) What will happen if a photon with an energy of 8eV strikes a Pang atom in its
ground level? (3 pts)
(d) Photons emitted in the Pang transition n = 3 n = 2 and n = 3 n = 1
will eject photoelectrons from an unknown metal, but the photon emitted from the
transition n = 4 n = 3 will not. What are the limits (maximum and minimum
possible values) of the work function of the metal? (5 pts)
3. Two Compton scatterings
Suppose an incident photon undergoes two successive Compton scatterings from electrons at rest. The photon is scattered by an angle 1 in the first scattering and by 2
in the second.
(a) Derive an expression for the total shift in photon wavelength (t ). (5 pts)
(b) Prove that the total shift in wavelength produced by two successive scatterings
of an angle /2 (denoted by t ) is always less than or equal to that of a single
scattering of angle (s ). (10 pts)
(c) What must be the specific values of , other than = 0o , for which the total shifts
are the same? (5 pts)
(d) Confirm part (b) when = 60o . (5 pts)