GATE-PH SERIES
Atomic-and-molecular-physics

Atoms

3 previous year questions.

Volume: 3 Ques
Yield: Medium

High-Yield Trend

3
2024

Chapter Questions
3 MCQs

01
PYQ 2024
medium
atomic-and-molecular-physics ID: gate-ph-
Apart from the acoustic modes, 9 optical modes are identified from the measurements of phonon dispersions of a solid with the chemical formula , where and denote the atomic species, and and are integers. Which of the following combinations of and is/are possible?
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02
PYQ 2024
medium
atomic-and-molecular-physics ID: gate-ph-
The non-relativistic Hamiltonian for a single electron atom is

where is the Coulomb potential and is the mass of the electron.Considering the spin-orbit interaction term:

added to , which of the following statements is/are true?
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commutes with .
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commutes with and .
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For a given value of principal quantum number and orbital angular momentum quantum number , there are degenerate eigenstates of .
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, , , , and have a set of simultaneous eigenstates.
03
PYQ 2024
easy
atomic-and-molecular-physics ID: gate-ph-
An atom is subjected to a weak uniform magnetic field . The number of lines in its Zeeman spectrum for the transition from to is
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8
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10
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12
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