Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Electric force between point charges

Electric force between point charges — practice question

(a)[2]

State Coulomb’s law in words.

(b(i))[2]

Explain how the electric force between the electron and the positron makes the moving particles travel in a circular path.

(b(ii))[2]

Show that the magnitude of the electric force between the electron and the positron comes to $2.28 \times 10^{-9}\,\text{N}$.

(b(iii))[3]

Use the data in (b)(ii) to determine the period of the two particles’ circular orbit.

(c(i))[3]

Describe how the two particles in positronium produce gamma radiation.

(c(ii))[1]

State one medical application that uses the process described in (c)(i).

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