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Solutions For Fermi Questions, January 2020: Question 1: Car Flip; Question 2: A Mole Of People, Larry Weinstein
Solutions For Fermi Questions, January 2020: Question 1: Car Flip; Question 2: A Mole Of People, Larry Weinstein
Physics Faculty Publications
At what speed will a car flip over when it slides side-ways into a curb? The angular momentum of the car will depend on its initial speed, the height of the curb, and the height of the center-of-mass (CM) of the car. If we approximate the car as having all its mass located at its CM, then its initial angular momentum relative to the top of the curb is. [Extracted from the article]
Experimental Investigation Of Long-Lived Rydberg States In Ultracold Argon, G. Ranjit, C. I. Sukenik
Experimental Investigation Of Long-Lived Rydberg States In Ultracold Argon, G. Ranjit, C. I. Sukenik
Physics Faculty Publications
We report on our investigation of the formation and survival of long-lived Rydberg states in argon produced by pulsed laser excitation of ultracold metastable state argon atoms in a magneto-optical trap. The states studied have a 2P1/2 core. Low angular momentum Rydberg states with this core normally autoionize rapidly. If, however, atoms are excited in the presence of electric fields, higher angular momentum states, traditionally termed ZEKE states (ZEKE is derived from zero kinetic energy) can be formed. The lifetime of these states can be orders of magnitude greater than low angular momentum states. In this paper, we report on …
How Much Of The Nucleon Spin Is Carried By Glue?, Ian Balitsky, Xiangdong Ji
How Much Of The Nucleon Spin Is Carried By Glue?, Ian Balitsky, Xiangdong Ji
Physics Faculty Publications
We estimate in the QCD sum rule approach the amount of the nucleon spin carried by the gluon angular momentum: the sum of the gluon spin and orbital angular momenta. The result indicates that gluons contribute at least one half of the nucleon spin at the scale of 1GeV2.