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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL AS & A LEVEL PHYSICS: COURSEBOOK

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Chapter 31
Exam-style questions 5 a 
Luminosity is the total radiant power
emitted from a star.[1]
1 B[1]
b T
 he total surface area of a red giant is
2 D (% uncertainty = 2 × 2.5 + 1.2 = 6.2 %)[1]
much greater (area ∝ radius2).[1]
c 3.0 × 108
3 a  λ= = = 4.11 × 10−7 m Therefore, greater power is emitted
f 7.3 × 1014 (luminosity) even though the power
≈ 4.1 × 10−7 m[1] emitted per unit area of its ‘cooler’
surface is smaller.[1]
∆λ v
b i  = ; therefore, c L = 4πσr2T 4[1]
λ c
4.11× 10 −7 × 11× 106 L = 4π × 5.67 × 10−8 × [8.5 × 106]2 × 78004

∆λ = [1]
3.0 × 108 [1]
∆λ = 1.51 × 10−8 m[1] L = 1.9 × 1023 W[1]
observed wavelength = (4.11 + 0.151) ×
 lmax = constant (Wien’s displacement
d i T
10−7 = 4.26 × 10−7 m ≈ 4.3 × 10−7 m[1]
law)[1]
∆λ v Tested for at least two values (ignore
ii  = ; therefore,
λ c powers of ten); for example:
4.11× 10 −7 × 0.07 × 3.0 × 108 5000 × 580 = 2.9 × 106 (nm K) and
∆λ = [1]
3.0 × 108 4500 × 640 = 2.9 × 106 (nm K)[1]
∆λ = 2.88 × 10−8 m[1] ii Tlmax = 2.9 × 106 nm K (allow 2.9 ×
observed wavelength = (4.11 + 0.288) × 10−3 m K)[1]
10−7 = 4.40 × 10−7 m ≈ 4.4 × 10−7 m[1] 106
T = 2.9 × = 7250 K ≈ 7300 K[1]
400
c  ll the galaxies are moving away from
A absolute uncertainty =
each other.[1] 10
× 7250 = 180 K[1]
This is because of the expansion of the 400
Universe after the Big Bang.[1] T = (7.3 ± 0.2) × 103 K (to 2 sf )[1]
4 a 
The recession speed of a galaxy is directly hc 6.63 × 10 −34 × 3.0 × 108
E=
6 a  = [1]
proportional to its distance from us.[1] λ 662 × 10 −9
energy of photon = 3.00 × 10−19 J[1]
b gradient = H0[1]
6.0 × 106 b A
 spectral line is produced by the
gradient calculated, e.g. H0 = [1] emission of photons of a specific
2.3 × 1024
H0 ≈ 2.6 × 10 s [1]
−18 −1 wavelength.[1]
c distance = maximum possible time × Photons of definite wavelength are
speed of light[1] produced when electrons make transitions
between two specific energy levels.[1]
distance = 14 × 109 × 3.15 × 107 × 3.0 × 108
[1]
distance = 1.3 × 1026 m (or 14 billion
light-years)[1]

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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL AS & A LEVEL PHYSICS: COURSEBOOK

∆λ v 7 a 
Radiant flux intensity is the radiant power
c i  = [1] transmitted normally through a surface
λ c
per unit area.[1]
[662 − 656]× 3.0 ×108
v = [1]  ∝ d12 (inverse square law relationship)
b F
656
v = 2.7 × 106 m s−1[1] [1]
1400
ii It must be travelling away from us.[1] c F at Neptune’s position is equal to 302
[1]
d A
 ccording to Hubble’s law, more F = 1.56 W m [1] −2

distant galaxies travel faster.[1] power = 1.56 × area = 1.56 × 1.0 × 10−4 =
1.56 × 10−4 W ≈ 0.16 mW[1]
Therefore, the wavelength is redshifted
more; the observed wavelength would be
greater (than 662 nm).[1]

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2 © Cambridge University Press 2020

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