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Chapter 36: Q. 2 (page 1059)
At , a firecracker explodes at in reference frame S. Four seconds later, a second firecracker explodes at . Reference frame S鈥� moves in the x-direction at a speed of . What are the positions and times of these two events in frame S鈥�?
Position of the events are
Times of the events are
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Two rockets, and , approach the earth from opposite directions at speed of . The length of each rocket measured in its rest frame is . What is the length of rocket as measured by the crew of rocket ?
The nuclear reaction that powers the sun is the fusion of four protons into a helium nucleus. The process involves several steps, but the net reaction is simply . The mass of a proton, to four significant figures, is , and the mass of a helium nucleus is known to be .
a. How much energy is released in each fusion?
b. What fraction of the initial rest mass energy is this energy?
You are standing at Lightning bolt strikes at and lightning bolt strikes at Both flashes reach your eye at the same time. Your assistant is standing at Does your assistant see the flashes at the same time? If not, which does she see first, and what is the time difference between the two?
A starship voyages to a distant planet away. The explorers stay 1 year, return at the same speed, and arrive back on earth , as measured on earth after they left. Assume that the time needed to accelerate and decelerate is negligible.
a. What is the speed of the starship?
b. How much time has elapsed on the astronauts鈥� chronometers?
The radioactive element radium (Ra) decays by a process known as alpha decay, in which the nucleus emits a helium nucleus. (These high-speed helium nuclei were named alpha particles when radioactivity was first discovered, long before the identity of the particles was established.) The reaction is , where Rn is the element radon. The accurately measured atomic masses of the three atoms are , , and . How much energy is released in each decay? (The energy released in radioactive decay is what makes nuclear waste 鈥渉ot.鈥�)
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