Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 28 - The Electric Potential - Exercises and Problems - Page 835: 41

Answer

$171\;\rm kHz$

Work Step by Step

By exploiting the analogy with the potential energy of a mass on a spring, $$U_{\rm proton}=\frac{1}{2}k_{\rm spring}x^2$$ where $k$ is the spring constant. $$q_{\rm proton}V=\frac{1}{2}k_{\rm spring}x^2$$ $$6000q_{\rm proton}x^2=\frac{1}{2}k_{\rm spring}x^2$$ Hence, $$k_{\rm spring}=12,000q_{\rm proton}\tag 1$$ The frequency of a simple harmonic motion of a spring is given by $$f=\dfrac{1}{2\pi}\sqrt{\dfrac{k_{\rm spring}}{m_{\rm proton}}}$$ Plug from (1), $$f=\dfrac{1}{2\pi}\sqrt{\dfrac{12,000q_{\rm proton}}{m_{\rm proton}}}$$ Plug the known; $$f=\dfrac{1}{2\pi}\sqrt{\dfrac{12,000(1.6\times 10^{-19})}{(1.67\times 10^{-27})}}$$ $$f=\color{red}{\bf 171}\;\rm kHz$$
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