•
•
•
•
Possible “thought” problems What is zero-­‐point vacuum energy, what process does it facilitate What is the difference between mean life?me and half life Describe the workings of a nuclear reactor and all components necessary for proper func?oning, as discussed in class & on the handout In the context of this course, what is color and why is it important? –  No bad jokes here, please J •  List each of the fundamental forces in nature and describe them in detail: what interac?ons they engage in, what par?cles they act upon, range of force, mass and traits of force carrier, any unusual proper?es (like Weak force is the only one that allows cross-­‐
genera?onal mixing, and you don’t have to have strangeness conserva?on in a Weak interac?on) •
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Possible Calculable Problems Radioac?ve decay Q value of beta/fusion reac?ons Exponen?al decay law & applica?ons Uncertainty principle in par?cle decays, temporary viola?on of E/
par?cle produc?on Par?cle produc?on from interac?on of beam of par?cles with a target (cross sec?on formula) Par?cle interac?ons: allowed/if not then why Given mass of force carriers, calculate range of force (or vice versa) Given an interac?on, determine q#s, quark content of decay products (*** you MUST come prepared and know quark content of all par?cles covered in the card game. I will not provide these!) All combina?ons of par?cle decay/half life/rela?vity/threshold for produc?on – we did a lot of these examples in chapters 1 and 2!