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CAT-1 Sample Paper-2

This document is a Continuous Assessment Test for the B.Tech course in Modern Physics, conducted in August 2014. It includes questions on blackbody spectral distribution, de Broglie waves, nanomaterials, and derivations related to Planck's law and potential wells. The test is structured into two parts, with a total duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes and a maximum score of 50 marks.

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CAT-1 Sample Paper-2

This document is a Continuous Assessment Test for the B.Tech course in Modern Physics, conducted in August 2014. It includes questions on blackbody spectral distribution, de Broglie waves, nanomaterials, and derivations related to Planck's law and potential wells. The test is structured into two parts, with a total duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes and a maximum score of 50 marks.

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Continuous Assessment Test -I, August 2014

Programme : B.Tech Semester : Fall 2014-15


Course Title : Modern Physics Course Code : PHY102
School : School of Advanced Sciences Slot :
Duration : 1 Hour 30 minutes Max. Marks : 50

Constants: e = 1.602x10-19 C; kB = 1.38 x 10-23 JK-1; me = 9.1x10-31kg; 1 eV = 1.6 x 10-19 J.

Part-A

Answer all questions (4 x 5 = 20 Marks)

Write the Wein's and Rayleigh-Jeans blackbody spectral distribution equations. Which part of 2+1
1 blackbody spectrum these laws predict? Show them pictorially and highlight the UV catastrophe. +2

Which experimental results demonstrated the existence of de Broglie waves? Briefly explain this
2 1+4
experimental setup and the results.

Compute the de Broglie wavelength of: (i) an electron moving with 10 eV kinetic energy and (ii)
3 3+2
a grain of sand (m= 1mg) blown by the wind of 20 ms-1 in a dessert.
4 Write down any four properties of the nanomaterials. State the Moore's law and depict the same. 2+3

Part-B
Answere all questions (3 x 10 = 30)

Derive Planck’s blackbody spectral energy distribution formula from his assumptions. Deduce
5 6+4
Wein's law as well as Rayleigh-Jeans blackbody radiation law from the above law.
Derive an expression for change in photon wavelength in terms of its scattering angle and
6 10
scattering object's mass.
A free subatomic particle is trapped in an infinitely deep potential well of length ''L''. Derive the 7+3
7 particle's wavefunction and energy in terms dimensions of the well ''L''. Illustrate the ground
state and the first excited state wavefunctions and energy of the particle.

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