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If a neutrino interacted with a quark every time their separation was within the 1018鈥尘 range generally accepted for the weak force, then the cross-section of a neutron or proton 鈥渟een鈥 by a neutrino would be on the order of 1036鈥尘2. Even at such separation, however the probability of interactions is quite small. The nucleon appears to have an effective cross-section of only about 1048鈥尘2.

(a) About how many nucleons are there in a column through the earth鈥檚 center of 1 m2 cross-sectional area?

(b) what is the probability that a given neutrino passing through space and encountering earth will actually 鈥渉it鈥?

Short Answer

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(a) The resultant answer is41037nucleons/m2.

(b) The probability is 41011.

Step by step solution

01

Given data

Cross-sectional area =1鈥尘2.

02

Concept of Density

Density: mass of a unit volume of a material substance.

The formula for density is d=M/V ,

where d is density, M is mass, and V is volume.

Density is commonly expressed in units of grams per cubic centimeter.

03

Calculate the volume 

(a)

Substitute 5.981024kgfor MEand 6.37106m for RE as:

E=(5.981024鈥塳驳)43(6.37106鈥尘)3E=5.5103鈥塳驳/m3

Thus, the density of Earth in 5.5103kg/m3.

Now calculate the volume of this 1 square meter of the earth all across the center as:

(2RE)(1鈥尘3)=2(6.37106鈥尘)(1鈥尘2)(2RE)(1m3)=1.27107鈥尘3

Then let us calculate the mass of this bit of Earth, with Earth's density 5.5103kg/m3 and assume all the mass is contributed by nucleons of mass 1.671027kg.

=1.28107鈥尘35.5103鈥塳驳/m31.671027鈥塳驳=41037鈥塶耻肠濒别辞苍蝉/尘2

Thus, there would be around 41037 nucleons/m2.

04

Simplify the expression

(b)

The probability is the multiple of effective area and number of nucleons can be calculated as:

=(41037)(1048)=41011

Thus, the probability is 41011.

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