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reach the earth surface if it is produced high in

the atmosphere at 10 m up?

(C) What is spacetime interval? Components of a

4-vector A are (3, 1, N2,3) with the first

Determine
Component being the time component.
whether this vector is timelike, spacelike or null.
-p'alt'e
(d) Consider motion of a particle in plane with
coordinates (r, 0) in the presence of a radial
potential V(r). Identify the conserved quantities.
(e) Given the fluid velocity
components
v, = -ay/(x' + y'), v, = ax/(x + y'), v, = 0.

Find the equation of stream lines.

() What is Reynold's number? Give its importance in

viscous fluid flow.

2. (a) The point of support of a simple pendulum moves

vertically according to y = h(t)where h(t) is some
function of time. Sag-3M

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4. (a) A train of rest length L, = 1light-second travels

at speed ß = 0.5 in the positive X-direction
of Lata. As the front of the train passes Lata at
t=0, a light signal is sent from the front of the
train to the rear. (1) Draw a spacetime diagram
showing the worldlines of the front and rear of
the train and the photon in Lata's reference frame.
Using the diagram or otherwise, (ii) find when
does the rear of the train pass Lata and (iii) when
does the signal reach the rear of the train
to Lata?
according

(b) Two particles with the same mass m are

in the same
emitted
direction with momenta 5mc and 10mc
respectively. As seen fron the slower one, what is
the speed of the faster
2 particle, (7)

5. (a) A meson of mass Tt COmes to rest and

into a meson of mass u disintegrates
and a neutrino of
mass. Show that the zero
the
kinetic energy of motion of
meson (i.e. without the rest
c²(1- )³/2 . mass energy) is
(10)
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(c) Show that for a space-like interval between two 2+)4l+2
events in Minkowski space, there does not exist
any frame in which the two events are co-located.
Can the two events be simultaneous in any inertial
()’ ?
frame? Explain your answer.

6. (a) Consider a pair of identical pendulums consisting

of a pair of massless rigid rods of length Ieach
1,3. at the end of each of which a mass m is attached.
The mid-points of the rods are connected by
V
a spring of force constant k. In the absencel
bf coupling, each 'oscillator has a frequency a
w=JglL. Find the normal modes with their
frequencies and normalized coordinates. (10)

(b) Calculate the gyro radius, gyro frequency and

velocity of the motion of a negatively charged
P:E1Yparticle -q of mass m in a uniform electric field
L 3M E= E, and uniform magnetic field B= B,2,
; Ceutwhich are perpendicular to each other. (7)

7. (a) What is a streamline flow?Derive the equation of

streamline,j Under what condition a streamline flow
change to aturbulent flow. (10)

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(b) Consider the steady and twodimensional flow field

3+3+1 given by V=xi- yj. Find the shape of the
streamlines. Find the shape of the pathlines.
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Name of the Course B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics - DSE - 4
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Instructions for Candidates

1. Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt of
this question paper.
2. Attempt five questions in all including question 1which is
compulsory.
3. Attempt at least one question from Section A and B.

1. Attempt any five of the following : (3x5=15)

(a) In charge particle dynamics, what is the basic role of
electric field and that of magnetic field ?

(b) A particle of mass m is

constrainèd to move on the

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x
boundary of the ellipse t 2b2 = 1. ldentify the
generalized coordinate(s) of this system.

(c) The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m moving in a

plane is given by

L=m(*2 + ý)- a(r÷- yi), a is SOme

positive constant.

Détermine the canonical momenta of this particle.

(d) Components of 4-vector AH are

A0 = 4, A' = 3, A? = 2, A³ = 1.

Determine whether this 4-vector is time-like, space-like

or null.

(e) The rest length of rod is 2 m. Using 4-vectors orl

otherwise, determine the length of this rod when it is
moving along its length with avelocity equal to vc/2.

((0)Using four vector approach or otherwise, showthat it

is impozsible for an isolated free electron to absorb a
photon.
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(8) Consider a motion of a particle in plane polar coordinates

(r, 0) in the presence of
of,a radial potential, say V(r).
Identify the conserved quantitie(s).
(h) What is Reynold's number and give its importance ?

SECTION A

2. (a) Using Hamilton's equations and the relation

L= p; Ài - H(qi P), where L= L(g;, 4)

and i= 1,2,..., n..

Prove that P: and p. = (8)

(b) Two masses m, and m, (such ihat m,< ,)

connected by a massless and inextensible string in
Atwood's machine,Using Lagrangian approach, find the
acceleration of either mass.

(Assume that puliey is massiess and frictionless)

(7)
3. (a) If a system with potentia! energy Vhas kinetic energy
T of the form of a symmetric quadratic hcinogeneous
function:

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show that the Hamiltonian can be written as

H = T + V (5)

(b) A particle of mass m moves under the influence of a

central force whose potential is

V(r) =-k/r.

Determine the Hamiltonian and the Hamilton's equations

of motion. Are the angular momentum and energy of
the system are integrals of motion? (10)

4. (a) A charged particle (mass m, charge q) is moving in

X-y plane. At time t=0, this particle is at the origin
having velocity Vo at an angle 30° with the x-axis
and uniform parallel electric and magnetic fields :

Â= En2 and B = Bo 2 are switched on. Find its

velocity at time t >0. (9)

(b) Determine the Euier-Lagrange equations of motion of

'spring pendulum': a particle of mass m attached te
elastic massless spring of sti ffness k and unstretched
lengti. L
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(Assume that the motion takes place in a vertica!

plane) (6)

5. Two blocks and three springs are configured as in figure

(1) below. These tiicks can exècute longitudinal simple
harnonic oscillations only. When the blocks are at rest, all
springs are unstretched.

(a) Choosing tite displacemnent of each block from its

equilibrium position as generalized coordinates, write the
Lagrangian of this system.

(b)Find the T (Kinetic energy) and V (potential energy

matrices.

(c) Suppose m, = 2m, m, = m, k, = 4k, k, = k, k, = 2k. Find

the frequencies of small oscillations. (5,s,5)

Fig (1)
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SECTION B

6. (a) Prove that

4-dinensional volume element is invariant to
Lorentz transformation.
(5)
(b) Axes of two :ertial
frames S and S' are parallel. If(
L(x) denotes Lorentz trans
formation matrix when $'
moves with speed v with respect to S
and L(y) be the along x-x' axis,
transformation matrix when S' moves
with speed v with spect to S
along y-y' axis then
determine whether L(x) L(y) is equal to L(y)
not. L(«) or
(10)
7. (a) Explain the phenomenon of length
Minkowski pace-time diagram. contraction using
(7)
(b) T'wo events
separated by a distance
30 m and tiAe
interval 5x 10* s
occur in frame S. Find the
and tim
separation between the events as distance
from S' moving with observe
speed c/5 along the line of
Occurrenc of the events.
(8)
8. (a) A rod of rest
iength L, is lying parallel to x-axis in an
ineriial frame S. Suppose now rod
velocity u' along its lengtn in framestaris moving with
S. Using
4-vector
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approach or otherwise, determine the length of this rod

in frameS' (moving with velocity 'v' with respect to S
along x-x' axis).
(b) Two electrons are approaching each other, cach with
energy y mo c in the laboratory frame. Using
approach or otherwise, find the energy of one 4-vector
in the rest frame of electron
the other.
(7)

9. (a) An observer in S measures the

proper length (L) of
the rod making an angle , with the
x-axis. Using 4
vector approach or otherwise, deterinine the length of
the rod and the angle which it
makes with the x'-axis as
neasured by an observer in S' moving with speed 1
relative to S along the positive x-axis. (8)
(b) If transformation from inertial frame S t
S' is given by
L(B) and from S' to S" by L('), then
prove that
transiormaticn from S to S" is given by L(p").

- YB
where L(B) = - YB
0
Y
1
1

L(B) =-rs 0
0 1
0 1
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L(B) = -Y0 y*
1
0 1

Also,

1
Y= R.Y = Y=Jai and p" = B+B
1+B8

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