Complete GATE PH 2024 Paper 1 overview, original pages and practice · Timed previous-paper practice

Questions 37–39 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

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Question 37

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The spin-orbit interaction in a hydrogen-like atom is given by the Hamiltonian

where

is a real constant. The splitting between levels

and

due to this interaction is
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Question 38

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Consider the Lagrangian

. If

and

denote the generalized momenta conjugate to

and

, respectively, then the canonical equations of motion are
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Question 39

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The X-ray diffraction pattern of a monatomic cubic crystal with rigid spherical atoms of radius 1.56 Å shows several Bragg reflections of which the reflection appearing at the lowest

value is from (111) plane. If the wavelength of X-ray used is 0.78 Å, the Bragg angle (in

, rounded off to one decimal place) corresponding to this reflection and the crystal structure, respectively, are
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