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PROBLEM 14.48
In the scattering experiment of Problem 14.26, it is known that
the alpha particle is projected from A
0(300, 0, 300) and that it
collides with the oxygen nucleus C at
(240, 200,100),Q where
all coordinates are expressed in millimeters. Determine the
coordinates of Point
0
Bwhere the original path of nucleus B
intersects the zx plane. (Hint: Express that the angular momentum
of the three particles about Q is conserved.)
PROBLEM 14.26 In a scattering experiment, an alpha particle A
is projected with the velocity
0
(600 m/s)=− +ui (750 m/s) −
j
(800 m/s)k into a stream of oxygen nuclei moving with a
common velocity v
0(600 m/s) .=
j After colliding successively
with nuclei B and C , particle A is observed to move along the path
defined by the Points
1
(280, 240,120)A and A 2 (360, 320, 160),
while nuclei B and C are observed to move along paths defined,
respectively, by
1
(147, 220,130),B
2
(114, 290,120),B and by
C
1(240, 232, 90) and
2
(240, 280, 75).C All paths are along
straight lines and all coordinates are expressed in millimeters. Knowing that the mass of an oxygen nucleus is four times that of an alpha particle, determine the speed of each of the three particles after the collisions.
SOLUTION
Conservation of angular momentum about Q:
00 000 0 11 1
() (4) (4) () (4) (4)
ABC
QA m QB m QC m QA m QB m QC m×+× +× =×+× +×uvvvvv
0000 1
() (4)00 (4)0
B
QA m QB m QB m×+× +=+× +uv v
(1)
where
00
(300 300 ) (240 200 100 )
(60 mm) (200 mm) (200 mm)
AQ
QA=−= + − + +
=− +
rr i k i j k
ijk
1
0
1
00
() () ()
(147 220 130 ) (240 200 100 )
(93 mm) (20 mm) (30 mm)
(600 m/s) (750 m/s) (800 m/s) (600 m/s)
BQ
QB x y z
QB
=Δ +Δ +Δ
=−= + + − + +
−++
=− + − =
ijk
rr i j k i j k
ijk
uijkvj
and from the solution to Problem 14.26,
(716.98)( 0.42290 0.89707 0.12815 )
(303.21 m/s) (643.18 m/s) (91.88 m/s)
BBB
v== − + −
=− + −
vijk
ijk
λ