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GATE Nuclear and Particle Physics: Rutherford scattering, nuclear reactions, conservation laws – Previous Year Questions

2 GATE previous year questions on Rutherford scattering, nuclear reactions, conservation laws (Nuclear and Particle Physics, Physics) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2023 PH Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – In pion nucleon scattering, the pion and nucleon can combine to form a short lived bound state called the Δ particle (π+ N→Δ). The masses of the pion,…
  2. GATE 2024 PH Q36 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A two-nucleon bound state has binding energy B and rest energy mc2. The minimum photon energy to dissociate it is