Physics
GATE PH topic:physics PYQs
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Question 41
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4 MeV
-rays emitted by the de-excitation of
are attributed, assuming spherical symmetry, to the transition of protons from
state to
state. If the contribution of spin-orbit term to the total energy is written as
, the magnitude of C is ______ MeV (up to one decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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An
particle is emitted by a
nucleus. Assuming the potential to be purely Coulomb beyond the point of separation, the height of the Coulomb barrier is ______ MeV (up to two decimal places).(
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For the transformation
(where
is a constant) to be canonical, the value of
is ______.Log in to check the answer
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Given
and boundary conditions
and
, the value of
is ______ (up to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The absolute value of the integral
over the circle
in complex plane, is ______ (up to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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A uniform circular disc of mass
and radius
is rotating with angular speed
about an axis passing through its center and making an angle
with the axis of the disc. If the kinetic energy of the disc is
, the value of
is ______ (up to 2 decimal places).

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The ground state energy of a particle of mass
in an infinite potential well is
. It changes to
, when there is a small potential bump of height
and width
, as shown in the figure.

The value of
is ______ (up to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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An electromagnetic plane wave is propagating with an intensity
in a medium with
and
. The amplitude of the electric field inside the medium is ______
(up to one decimal place).(
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A microcanonical ensemble consists of 12 atoms with each taking either energy 0 state, or energy
state. Both states are non-degenerate. If the total energy of this ensemble is
, its entropy will be ______
(up to one decimal place), where
is the Boltzmann constant.Log in to check the answer
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A two-state quantum system has energy eigenvalues
corresponding to the normalized states
. At time
, the system is in quantum state
. The probability that the system will be in the same state at
is ______ (up to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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