Test: Particle Physics - EmSAT Achieve MCQ

The total number of protons here is: z = 8 and the total number of neutrons is: N = 9.
Now, the total angular momentum depends upon the arrangement of the neutrons in the nucleus. The arrangement in the orbits is given below:

The last neutron is in the d-shell with a total angular momentum: 5/2

Hence, the correct answer is Option-1-protons.

Pulse height V = Ne/c
Substitute given values, we get,



So, the correct answer is Pulse height V' = 2.133mV

​→ For the first process K⁰ → µ⁺ + µ^-

Thus, this is an allowed decay through the weak interaction. In weak interaction strangeness and
Iso spin is not conserved.
Hence the correct answer is option 1.

• A⁺+ n → ∑0 ⁺ + p 
• Here, "A" represents an arbitrary nucleus with a charge of +2 (A⁺+), "n" represents a neutron, "∑0" represents a neutral sigma particle, and "p" represents a proton.
• In particle physics and nuclear reactions, there are certain conservation laws that must be obeyed.
•  Conservation of Charge: The total electric charge before a reaction should equal the total electric charge after the reaction.
• In this reaction, the initial state (A⁺+ n) has a total electric charge of +2 (A⁺+) for the nucleus and a charge of 0 for the neutron. Therefore, the total initial charge is +2. However, in the final state (∑0 ⁺ + p), the neutral sigma particle (∑0) has no charge, and the proton (p) has a charge of +1.
• This leads to a total electric charge in the final state of +1.
• Since the total electric charge is not conserved in this reaction (initial state: +2, final state: +1), it is not allowed according to the conservation of charge.
• So, the correct answer is indeed 2) A⁺+ n → ∑0 ⁺ + p  because it violates the conservation of charge.
• The total charge should remain the same before and after a reaction in accordance with the conservation laws of particle physics.

In particle physics, the quantum numbers J, C, and P refer to the total angular momentum quantum number, charge parity, and space parity of a particle, respectively. They are extensively used to classify particles and/or to understand their decay channels, and they are fundamentally dictated by the conservation laws and quantum mechanical principles.

• J (Total angular momentum): A particle decaying into two particles can be in the s-wave state, meaning that the relative angular momentum of the decay products is zero. Thus, the total angular momentum number (J) of the parent particle is equal to the total spin of the decay products. If the particle decays into two photons (2γ), these photons have spin 1 each so J should be an integer (conservation of angular momentum). However, the fact that the particle also decays into 3 pions implies that the angular momentum must be zero (because pions are spin-0 particles and the system is in an s-wave state). Therefore, J = 0.
• C (Charge parity): All given decay modes allow us to infer that the Charge conjugation must be positive. Therefore, C = +.
• P (Space parity): Because the decay to two pions (2π) is strongly suppressed (less than 10^-3), this means that the parity (P) must be negative. The suppressing of the two-pion decay mode indicates that this mode is probably forbidden by conservation of parity. Therefore, P = -

So, the quantum numbers J^CP for the particle X° are 0^+-.

• Inside the nucleus the interaction between neutron-neutron and neutron-proton is
• always attractive due to nuclear force whereas the force between proton-proton it is repulsive due
• to coulombic interaction.

Thus, F_nn and F_np are always attractive and F_pp is repulsive

Hence the correct answer is option 2.

• The deuteron, represented by the symbol is a stable isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron, making it a unique and crucial example in nuclear physics.
• The existence of the tensor force can be inferred from the properties of the deuteron. The deuteron is the only stable particle composed of two nucleons, and yet, it is not particularly tightly bound, reflecting the balance between the attractive strong force and the repulsive coulomb and centrifugal forces.
• In quantum mechanics, particles can have different types of spin states. In the case of a system of two nucleons, such as the deuteron, there can be a triplet state (where the spins of the two nucleons are aligned, giving a total spin of 1) and a singlet state (where they are anti-aligned, giving a total spin of 0).
• The fact that the deuteron exists in a triplet state (spin = 1), but a neutron-neutron or proton-proton spin-singlet bound state does not exist, strongly suggests the existence of a tensor component in the nuclear force.
• This is because the tensor force can couple to spin-1 states but not to spin-0 states. Without the tensor force, the deuteron would not be bound.
• A non-zero quadrupole moment in the ground state of the deuteron is only possible if there's a combination of both S and D states (where D state signifies a quantum mechanical state with an orbital angular momentum quantum number l = 2).
• The mixing of S and D states is a clear signature of the tensor component of the nuclear force. So the deuteron's non-zero electric quadrupole moment in its ground state works as indirect evidence for the tensor component of the nuclear force.

The correct answer is option (4).