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A 250 GeV beam of protons is fired over a distance of 1 km. If the initial size of the wave packet is 1 mm, find its final size

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Maru [3.3K]1 month ago

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Answer:

The final size is nearly the same as the initial size because the increase in size $1.055\times 10^{- 7}$ is remarkably small

Solution:

According to the problem:

The proton beam energy is E = 250 GeV = $250\times 10^{9}\times 1.6\times 10^{- 19} = 4\times 10^{- 8} J$

Distance traveled by the photon, d = 1 km = 1000 m

Proton mass, $m_{p} = 1.67\times 10^{- 27} kg$

Initial size of the wave packet, $\Delta t_{o} = 1 mm = 1\times 10^{- 3} m$

Now,

This operates under relativistic principles

The rest mass energy for the proton is expressed as:

$E = m_{p}c^{2}$

$E = 1.67\times 10^{- 27}\times (3\times 10^{8})^{2} = 1.503\times 10^{- 10} J$

This proton energy is $\simeq 250 GeV$

Thus, the speed of the proton, v $\simeq c$

The time to cover 1 km = 1000 m of distance is calculated as:

T = $\frac{1000}{v}$

T = $\frac{1000}{c} = \frac{1000}{3\times 10^{8}} = 3.34\times 10^{- 6} s$

According to the dispersion factor;

$\frac{\delta t_{o}}{\Delta t_{o}} = \frac{ht_{o}}{2\pi m_{p}\Delta t_{o}^{2}}$

$\frac{\delta t_{o}}{\Delta t_{o}} = \frac{6.626\times 10^{- 34}\times 3.34\times 10^{- 6}}{2\pi 1.67\times 10^{- 27}\times (10^{- 3})^{2} = 1.055\times 10^{- 7}$

Thus, the widening of the wave packet is relatively minor.

Hence, we can conclude that:

$\Delta t_{o} = \Delta t$

where

$\Delta t$ = final width

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