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A nucleus kept at rest in free space, brakes up into smaller nuclei of masses `'m'` and `'2m'`. Total energy generated in this fission is `E`. The bigger part is radioactive, emits five gamma ray photons in the direction opposite to its velocity and finally comes torest. `["Given" h=6.6xx10^(-34)Js,m=1xx10^(-26)Kg,E= 3.63xx10^(-8) mc^(2), C=3xx10^(8)m//s)`
The wavelength of the gamma ray is

A

`0.02 A^(0)`

B

`0.03 A^(0)`

C

`0.15 A^(0)`

D

`0.05 A^(0)`

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The correct Answer is:
D

`mv_(2)^(2)=(E)/(3)`. Momentum of the photon
`=(5 hc)/(lambda)`=Momentum of the large nucleus.
Hence `(5 hc)/(lambda)=2mv_(2)=sqrt((4Em)/(3))rArr lambda (5 hc)/(2 mc)sqrt((3)/(3.63))`
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