TUTORIAL 9: 10B11PH111 (PHYSICS - I, 2010-11)

1. Prove that Lorentz transformations for three and four dimensional volume elements will be
respectively ‘variant and invariant’.

2. The proper life of π+ meson is 2.5x10-8 sec. If a beam of these mesons of velocity 0.8c is
produced, find the distance this beam can travel before the flux of the meson beam is reduced to
1/e2 times the initial flux.

3. Calculate the length and orientation of a rod of length 5 metre in a frame of reference which is
moving with a velocity 0.6c in a direction making an angle of 30º with the rod.

4. Spacecraft A is moving at 0.9c with respect to the earth. If spacecraft B is to pass A at a

relative speed of 0.5c in the same direction, what speed must B have with respect to the earth?

5. Estimate the wavelength of gamma ray photon produced in two quanta annihilation of an
electron and positron. (Given h=6.6x10-34 Joule-sec, c=3x108m/s, me=mp=9x10-31kg).

6. What is the binding energy of one helium nucleus; if the masses of hydrogen atom (1H1), a
neutron and a helium atom are 1.00814 a.m.u., 1.00898 a.m.u. and 4.00388 a.m.u. respectively?

7. If 1000kg of water is heated from 0ºC to 100ºC, calculate the increase in the mass of water.

8. Find the momentum of an electron whose kinetic energy equals its rest energy of 511keV.

TUTORIAL 9: 10B11PH111 (PHYSICS - I, 2010-11)

1. Prove that Lorentz transformations for three and four dimensional volume elements will be
respectively ‘variant and invariant’.

2. The proper life of π+ meson is 2.5x10-8 sec. If a beam of these mesons of velocity 0.8c is
produced, find the distance this beam can travel before the flux of the meson beam is reduced to
1/e2 times the initial flux.

3. Calculate the length and orientation of a rod of length 5 metre in a frame of reference which is
moving with a velocity 0.6c in a direction making an angle of 30º with the rod.

4. Spacecraft A is moving at 0.9c with respect to the earth. If spacecraft B is to pass A at a

relative speed of 0.5c in the same direction, what speed must B have with respect to the earth?

5. Estimate the wavelength of gamma ray photon produced in two quanta annihilation of an
electron and positron. (Given h=6.6x10-34 Joule-sec, c=3x108m/s, me=mp=9x10-31kg).

6. What is the binding energy of one helium nucleus; if the masses of hydrogen atom (1H1), a
neutron and a helium atom are 1.00814 a.m.u., 1.00898 a.m.u. and 4.00388 a.m.u. respectively?

7. If 1000kg of water is heated from 0ºC to 100ºC, calculate the increase in the mass of water.

8. Find the momentum of an electron whose kinetic energy equals its rest energy of 511keV.