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Atoms can be "cooled" to incredibly low temperatures by letting them interact with a laser beam. Various novel quantum phenomena appear at these temperatures. What is the rmsspeed of 100nK?

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The rmsspeed of 100nKofvrms=4.3mm/s

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01

Introduction

(A) The density of the chemical mand velocity vseems to have an average translational kinetic energy, which may be calculated using equation (20.19)in the form

ϵavg=12mvrms2...........(3)

The average translational kinetic energy of a molecule is affected by its temperature, hence it is connected to the temperature. Tper molecule in the form

ϵavg=32kBT............(2)

Where kBis Boltzmann's constant and in SIunit its value is

kB=1.38×10-23J/K

As shown, both equations (1)and (2)have the same left side, so we can use these expressions to get an equation for root mean square velocity vrms

12mvrms2=32kBT

vrms2=3kBTm

vrms=3kBTm............(3)

02

Step 2:Substitution

The molecular mass of cesium is m=133Ï…. Converting this to kg, we get the mass of one atom of cesium by

m=133u×1.66×10-27kg1u=221×10-27kg

Now, we plug the values for kB, Tand minto equation (3) to get

vrms=3kBTm

=31.38×10-23J/K100×10-9K221×10-27kg

=0.0043m/s

=4.3mm/s

03

The rms speed

Thermsspeed ofvrms=4.3mm/s

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