
What is meant by pair production and annihilation?

Important Questions on Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Explain the spectral series of hydrogen atom. (Diagram not necessary)

Calculate the time required for of a sample of radon to undergo decay. Given of radon days.

Find the energy released when two nuclei fuse together to form a single nucleus. Given, the binding energy per nucleon of and are and respectively.

State the postulates of Bohr atom model. Obtain the expression for the radius of the orbit of an electron based of Bohr's theory.


The distance of the closest approach of an particle reaching a nucleus with momentum is . When the particle travels towards the same nucleus with momentum , the distance of the closest approach will be:

When a hydrogen atom absorbs an energy of , the change in its angular momentum is:

Define curie.
