25 MAY 2022 [This question paper contains 6 printed pages.] t Sr. No. of Question Paper: 1311 Unique Paper Code : 32227626 Name of the Paper : Classical Dynamics Name of the Course : B.Se. (Hons) Physics-DSE-4 Semester 4 VI Duration : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 75 Instructions for Candidates 1. Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt of this question paper. 2. Question No. 1 which is compulsory. 3. Attempt any three questions from the remaining. 1. Attempt any four of the following : (4*6=24) (a) Write the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian of a free particle. (b) A muon at rest lives 10s and its rest mass is 100 MeV/c?. How energetic must a muon be to PTO),1311 2 reach the earth surface if it is produced high in the atmospheré at 104 m up? (c) What is spacetime interval? Components of a 4-vector A* are (3,1, J2,3) with the first component being the time component. Determine whether this vector is timelike, spacelike or null. (d) Consider motion of a particle in plane with coordinates (r,®) in the presence of a radial potential V(r). Identify the conserved quantities. (e) Given the fluid velocity components v, = —ay/(x? + y?), ¥, = axa? + y?), v,=0. Find the equation of stream lines. (f) What is Reynold’s number? Give its importance in viscous fluid flow. 2. (a) The point of support of a simple pendulum moves vertically according to y = h(t) where h(t) is some function of time. 1314 3 1 (i) Find the Lagrangian of the system with a suitable choice of generalized coordinates. (ii) Deduce the Euler-Lagrange equation of motion. (iii) Show that for h(t) = vt the system executes simple oscillations with angular frequency ‘g/t. (10) (b) Derive Hamilton’s canonical equations from variational principle. (7) 3. (a) Consider a particle of charge q and mass m moving with velocity % in an electromagnetic field with the potential energy V=q(@—@- A) where A and $ are vector and scalar potentials. Show that Hamiltonian of the particle is 1 2 H=7, @-44) +46 Also find the equation of motion. (10) (b) Show that the linear momentum conservation is nothing but a consequence of the spatial-translation invariance of a system. (7) P.T.0.. \ 1311 ae light-second travels 4. (a) A train of rest length at speed B = 0.5 in the positive ae of Lata. As the front of the train passes one 7 t=0, a light signal is sent from ae, ti . train to the rear. (i) Draw a spacetime i . showing the worldlines of the front and rear i fh rame. the train and the photon 1n Lata’s reference fi A fuses a Using the diagram or otherwise, (ii) find whe si “ i when does the rear of the train pass Lata and (iii) does the signal reach the rear of the train according 01 (10) to Lata? Two particles W e same mass m are emitted (b) particles jth the same mi n the same direction with momenta Sme and 10me il 0: respectivel As seen fron the slower one, what is y, st fi s| spectt my the speed of the faster particle. iis athe 5 a) A meson of mass 7 comes to rest and disintegr te ia) into a meson 0 mass pt and a neutri of zero mes: f utrino of 2 mass. Show that the kinetic energy of motion of “ }t meson (i.e without the rest mass energy) is m i * (10) 7. the o2(n — p)?/2m. 6. 1311 5 \ (c) Show that for a space-like interval between two events in Minkowski space, there does not exist any frame in which the two events are co-located. Can the two events be simultaneous in any inertial frame? Explain your answer. 7) (a) Consider a pair of identical pendulums consisting of a pair of massless rigid rods of length / each at the end of each of which a mass m is attached. The mid-points of the rods are connected by a spring of force constant k. In the absence of coupling, each oscillator has a frequency w= g/l. Find the normal modes with their frequencies and normalized coordinates. (10) (b) Calculate the gyro radius, gyro frequency and velocity of the motion of a negatively charged particle —q of mass m in a uniform electric field E=E,)x and uniform magnetic field B=Byz, which are perpendicular to each other. (7) (a) What is a streamline flow? Derive the equation of streamline. Under what condition a streamline flow change to a turbulent flow. (10) Pit:1311 6 ‘ (b) Consider the steady and two-dimensional flow field given by V=xi-yj. Find the shape of the streamlines. Find the shape of the pathlines. @) (1400)