PHYS 275: Hw 9 Solutions
Chapter 11:
3-) Since the maximum energy is transferred in an head-on collision, we have
(a)
(b) If the incident particle is a neutron then, starting from the same equation, we have
8-) Out of tritium and helium , we expect the tritium to have a larger binding energy as it has no
Coulomb repulsion. Whereas has two protons whose coulomb repulsion will lower the binding
energy.
9-) Out of and , we expect to have a larger binding energy as it has less number of
protons, and hence less Coulomb repulsion.
