University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 22 - Gauss's Law - Problems - Exercises - Page 747: 22.31

Answer

$v = 1.15 \times 10^{3} \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$

Work Step by Step

First, we calculate the electric field from the surface charge density by \begin{aligned} E &=\frac{\sigma}{2 \epsilon_{0}} \\ &=\frac{2.34 \times 10^{-9} \mathrm{C} / \mathrm{m}^{2}}{2\left(8.854 \times 10^{-12} \mathrm{C}^{2} / \mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2}\right)} \\ &=132 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C} \end{aligned} As the electric force equals Newton's force, we could get the acceleration of the charge by \begin{aligned} a &=\frac{e E}{m} \\ &=\frac{\left(1.60 \times 10^{-19} \mathrm{C}\right)(132 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C})}{\left(1.672 \times 10^{-27} \mathrm{kg}\right)} \\ &=1.26 \times 10^{10} \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}^{2} \end{aligned} From Newton's law, the speed in y-direction could be found by $$v_{y} =v_{o}+a t =0+\left(1.26 \times 10^{10} \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}\right)\left(5.00 \times 10^{-8} \mathrm{s}\right) =630 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s} $$ Hence, the speed of the proton will be $$ v = \sqrt{(970 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s})^{2}+(630 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s})^{2}} =\boxed{1.15 \times 10^{3} \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s} }$$
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