JACKFRUIT QUESTIONS ORANGE QUESTIONS BANANA QUESTIONS

UNIT 1 The electric field of an EM wave is elliptically polarised with the major axis UNIT 1 Conceptualize and derive Maxwell's equations. UNIT 1 Estimate the average energy transported per unit volume per unit time of
making an angle of 60 degrees with the y axis. If the amplitude along the major electromagnetic waves
axis is 2000 V/m. Represent this as the superposition of two plane polarised
waves.
UNIT 1 Study Wein's law in detail and discuss how it is used in calculating the UNIT 1 With no currents or charges present, how Maxwell’s equation can UNIT 1 State and explain Poynting theorem?
temperature of a star represent the simplest type of electromagnetic wave?
UNIT 1 How can Planck's law of black body radiation be used to arrive at (i) UNIT 1 Write the four Maxwell's equation describing an electromagnetic wave. UNIT 1 Explain how classical theory failed to explain the black body radiation curve.
Rayleigh-Jeans law (ii)Stefan's law (iii)Wien's displacement law ? Show how Ampere's circuital law gets modified to Ampere's-Maxwell
circuital law with the introduction to displacement current.
UNIT 1 Bring out the classical and Max Planck's approach to explain the phenomena of UNIT 1 What is ultraviolet catastrophe in blqck body radiation and how it is UNIT 1 Can Blackhole be treated as Blackbody? give reasons.
Blackbody radiation. solved by Max Planck? Derive the average energy and energy density of
radiations
UNIT 1 Explain how black body radiation plays a role in defining the Planck units. How UNIT 1 Explain how Compton shift varies with the direction of the scattered UNIT 1 When discussing blackbody radiation, what kind of statistics is applied to the
does Planck’s law of black body radiation lead to the discovery of key photon. elementary oscillators which produce EM waves?
fundamental constants and what is the significance of these constants at
quantum level?
UNIT 1 What are the implications of the dual nature of electrons for technology? Explain UNIT 1 Elaborate why the electromagnetic theory was not able to explain the UNIT 1 Why was photoelectric effect successful in explaining light matter interaction?
the working of scanning electron microscope (SEM) and discuss any two Compton effect.
applications in research and development.
UNIT 1 Why is not possible to see the Compton effect using visible light UNIT 1 How does the Compton effect illustrates the Heisenberg's Uncertainty UNIT 1 Discuss one experiment which is characteristic of waves and why one cannot
Principle. How do the uncertainties in the electron's position and use the particle nature to explain the same.
momentum evolve during the scattering process,and what does this
reveal about the wave-particle duality of matter.
UNIT 1 Show that the uncertainty product Δx Δpx is h bar by two for a Gaussian wave UNIT 1 Why does the unmodified peak appear in the scattered X-rays in UNIT 1 Explain the experimental Observations of Compton Effect
packet. Compton effect?
UNIT 1 Explain the linear superposition of wavefunction. Illustrate with an example. UNIT 1 The Davisson-Germer experiment is the first demonstration to confirm UNIT 1 What is Compton effect? Arrive at Compton shift using the fundamental
the existence of de-Broglie waves. Give a brief account of this conservation laws.
experiment, leading to the verification of de-Broglie's hypothesis of the
wave nature of moving bodies.
UNIT 1 Explain how the uncertainty principle can be used to obtain the ground state UNIT 1 Find the phase velocity and group velocity of an electron whose UNIT 1 Mention any four experimental results where wave model of radiation gives
energy of an electron in hygrogen atom. de-Broglie wavelength is 0.15nm inadequate results.
UNIT 1 For light in a medium, the refractive index n is given by: UNIT 1 Obtain the relationship between the (i) group and particle velocity, (ii) UNIT 1 Explain the concept of matter waves. Find the wavelength of an electron
n=a+b ω^2 group and phase velocity in a dispersive and non-dispersive medium. moving with a speed of one million meter per second
where a and b are constants.
Find the phase velocity and group velocity of light in this medium.

UNIT 1 The electronic orbits in the Bohr atom are restricted to integral values of the UNIT 1 How is particle velocity related to group velocity of the wave packet in UNIT 1 Explain the concepts of phase and group velocity.
angular momentum in units of ℏ. Justify using de-Broglie’s hypothesis relativistic regime?
UNIT 1 From the wave equation for a one dimensional electric field vector, identify the UNIT 1 Discuss how the concept of a wave packet leads us to the Uncertainity UNIT 1 Formulate the simplest possible mathematical model of a ‘matter wave’ and
differential operator and prove that light must travel with velocity ‘c’. principle specify the velocity components.
UNIT 1 It is known that a point of constant phase in a monochromatic wave moves with UNIT 1 Show that a proton can exist inside a nucleus using the uncertainty UNIT 1 When does the phase velocity become equal to the gropu velocity for a bunch
phase velocity. What exactly moves with group velocity in a wave group? principle. of superposed waves?
UNIT 1 Explain the formation of the interference pattern in Young's double slit UNIT 1 Give the quantum mechanical operators for any 4 observables UNIT 1 How is Compton effect is validated in the confirmation of uncertainty principle
experiment using the quantum wave nature of light. Replacement of the beam of in the though experiment ‘gamma ray microscope’.
light by matter waves(particles) leads to same result. Then, explain how the
variation in mass of the particles(effect of gravity) affect the results?
UNIT 1 The uncertainty relations explain the precision in atomic clocks. How? UNIT 1 Obtain expression for the momentum of a photon using the relativistic UNIT 1 Prove that phase velocity of a matter waves is greater than the speed of light.
energy equation
UNIT 1 What is the physical significance of expectation values? UNIT 1 Explain the concepts of expectation value by using example. UNIT 1 The resolution of a microscope is roughly the same as wavelength used for
The wavefunction of a particle is ψ= √(2/a) sin(Πx/a) in field 0 ≤ x≤ a. Calculate imaging. What should be the kinetic energy of the electrons to be used in an
the expectation values for position and momentum. electron microscope with resolution of 1.0nm.
UNIT 1 Why should the first order derivativative of quantum wavefunctions be UNIT 1 What is the application of linear superposition in quantum mechanics? UNIT 1 What is the uncertainty in the measurement of location of a free particle of
continuous functions? energy "E"?
UNIT 1 UNIT 1 Discuss the consequences of HUP in optical tweezers UNIT 1 Explain the concepts observables and operators in quantum mechanics?
UNIT 1 UNIT 1 What is the concept of superposition in quantum mechanics? UNIT 1 What is an eigen value equation?
UNIT 1 Explore Gabor uncertainty principle in detail. UNIT 1 What is the condition for time independent Schrodinger equation to be UNIT 1 Explain the conditions for well defined wave functions with examples
invariant under the parity operation?
UNIT 1 Estimate the ground state energy of harmonic oscillator using uncertainty UNIT 1 Obtain the relativistic expression for de-Broglie wavelength of an UNIT 1 Write down time-dependent and time-independent Schrodinger wave equation
principle. electron. in three-dimensional form.
Unit 1 Consider a wave packet described by a wave number k and angular
frequency ω such that the dispersion relation is given by: ω=a+bk^2
where a and b are constants. Determine the phase and group velocities