PHY 4523 - Exams

Practice test 1 solutions:

1. Note: When I wrote this question, I mistakenly wrote 'five or more' when the problem I worked out said 'four or more'. The correct answer if it is 'five or more' should be 0.00164, rather than the value of 0.0128 that I gave during the review.

2. (a) 6270 s (b) 98700 J/K

3. U = g^2 k^2 T^2 V / 4, where g = gamma, k = Boltzmann constant

4. exp(76.3)

5. 0.960

6. 0.139 eV