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Energy and mementum conservation in
nuclear and particle physics
Gil Refael
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Conservation laws:
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Momentum conservation:
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Energy conservation:
(Elastic collision)
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Conservation laws:
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Momentum conservation:
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Energy conservation:
(Elastic collision)
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Conservation laws:
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‘Explosion type’ collision
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Momentum conservation:
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Energy conservation:
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Radioactivity
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Radioactivity and Elementary particles
Uranium (238):
Very crowded!
92 protons +
146 neutrons
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Radioactive “alpha” decay
Thorium
Alpha particle=Helium nuclei
eNp mmm 1840
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Uranium Decay
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Momentum conservation:
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Energy conservation:
What is ?storedE Clue: Some mass disappears in the transition!
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8 electron masses missing!
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c=speed of light=300,000,000 m/s
Uranium (238)
Alpha (4)
Thorium (234)
(half time: 4.46 billion years)
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Another example: Plutonium
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What is ?storedE
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Plutonium (239)
Alpha (4)
Uranium (235)
(half time: 24,100 years)
What is the recoil speed?
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Uses of Uranium and Plutonium
Uranium (235):
• Fuel for nuclear reactors.
Uranium (238):
• Fuel for nuclear reactors. • Plutonium (239) production.
Plutonium (239):
• Fuel for nuclear reactors.• Nuclear weapons…
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Elementary particles: Neutron decay
Just like Uranium, the neutron itself (outside a nucleaus) is also unstable:
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Expect: electrons have the same energy in the end of the process.
But:
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Every experiment gave a different result!
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Neutron decay
Just like Uranium, the neutron itself (outside a nucleaus) is also unstable:
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eN mm 1839
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What about momentum and energy conservation ?!?
Answer: There must be another particle!
Neutrino
Very light particle, that can go unscatteredThrough the entire galaxy!
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How was this measured?
Bubble chambers
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Liquid Hydrogen on the verge of becoming gas.
Particles leave trail of bubbles!
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How was this measured?
Bubble chambers
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Radius proportional to momentum
Proton (+1)
Neutron (0)
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Aurora Borealis – aka, Northern Lights
© Jack Finch—Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.
Fairbanks, Alaska:
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Aurora Borealis – aka, Northern Lights
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland’s west coast:
(www.greenlandholiday.com)
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Aurora Borealis – aka, Northern Lights
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Proton (+1)
Fast particlesfrom the sun:
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The particle hunters
How to produce new particles like the neutrino?
Make very energetic collisions between them!
This happen in particle accelerators:
Electrons are accelerated up to near the speed of light!
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Monster accelerators
Fermilab in Chicago:
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Monster accelerators
Cern in Geneva:
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Elementary particles – Quarks and Leptons
So far: • Protons (+1)• Neutrons (0)• Electrons (-1)
But also: Neutrinos.
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Proton itself consists of quarks:
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- “up” quark (charge: +2/3)
- “down” quark (charge: -1/3)
Neutron:
Nup
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More quarks: (!)
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To discover new quarks and other elementary particles:
Need energy of:
eeLHC mmE 000,000,1010~ 7 !!!
Right now searching for:
The Higgs
“The particle that gives all particles their masses…”