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Question 36
a.

Describe how the strong nuclear force between two nucleons varies with their separation distance, rrr.

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b.

Name the stable hadron found in a hydrogen-1 nucleus and state its quark composition.

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c.

Write a decay equation in terms of the quark model for beta-plus (β+\beta^+β+) decay.

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d.

The radius of a nucleus is given by

R=r0A1/3 R = r_0 A^{1/3} R=r0​A1/3

where r0r_0r0​ is a constant and AAA is the nucleon number. Assuming the average mass of a single nuclear is mmm, show that the mean density ρ\rhoρ of a nucleus is independent of its nucleon number AAA, and express ρ\rhoρ in terms of mmm and r0r_0r0​.

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Nuclear and particle physics Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Physics
  3. /Nuclear and particle physics

90 exam-style questions on OCR A A Level Physics Nuclear and particle physics, covering The nuclear atom, Fundamental particles, Radioactivity, and Nuclear fission and fusion. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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