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d. What is the mean half-life of the muon in the physicists’ frame of reference? 1 mark
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e. Explain how Einstein’s special theory of relativity accounts for the experimental evidence that a significant number of muons, created at a height of 9700 m and travelling at a
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Question 14 (3 marks) PET (positron emission tomography) scanners are used in medical imaging. They rely on an electron and a positron colliding and completely annihilating each ot
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Question 14 (4 marks) A ray of white light is incident on a triangular glass prism, as shown in Figure 18. The glass prism has a refractive index of 1.50 and is completely surround
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a. The white light disperses as it passes through the prism. On Figure 18, draw the path of the light as it passes through the triangular prism and into the air. Show and label two
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a. Assuming that the electron and positron are travelling at a negligible speed when they collide, calculate the total energy released in the annihilation. 2 marks
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b. The two gamma rays produced travel in opposite directions with exactly the same wavelength and energy, as shown in Figure 18. ANNAN ANANA AWAY AWAW hEAVARVIRVARVIRV: gamma ray a
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b. The glass prism is now completely immersed into a surrounding clear liquid that has the exact same refractive index as the glass prism. This is shown in Figure 19. white light g
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Question 15 (8 marks) An electron gun forms part of a transmission electron microscope, which uses the wave properties of electrons to study specimens that are too small to be obse
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Question 15 (2 marks) A series of regular straight water waves are incident on a barrier with a small opening. The water waves emerge on the other side, as shown in Figure 20. barr
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a. Calculate the momentum of an electron in the beam. 2 marks kegms™
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b. The electron beam is passed through a crystal with an interatomic spacing of 3.0010" m. Two Physics students, Sally and Max, are discussing their predictions for diffraction pat
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