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You are a technician testing the operation of a cyclotron. An alpha particle in the device moves in a circular path in a magnetic field Bthat is directed perpendicular to the path of the alpha particle. You measure the number of revolutions per second (the frequency f) of the alpha particle as a function of the magnetic field strength . Figure shows your results and the best straight-line fit to your data. (a) Use the graph in Figure to calculate the charge-to-mass ratio of the alpha particle, which has charge +2e .On the basis of your data, what is the mass of an alpha particle?(b) With B = 0.300T, what are the cyclotron frequencies f of a proton and of an electron? How do these f values compare to the frequency of an alpha particle? (c) With B = 0.300 T , what speed and kinetic energy does an alpha particle have if the radius of its path is 12.0cm ?

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The mass of muon is m=6.80×10-27kg, the speed of the muons is v=8.32×105m/s .The frequency of electron and proton is fe=8.40×109Hz,fp=4.58×106Hz and the kinetic energy is6.12×104eV .

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Definition of kinetic energy

The term kinetic energy may be defined as the energy possess by the body by virtue of its motion.

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Determine the mass of muon, speed of muon, frequency of electron and proton and kinetic energy of alpha particle.

The mass of the muon can be calculated as

m=eπ(slope)slope=23×105Hz8.0×105Hz0.30T0.10Tslope=7.5×106Hz/TNowm=1.60×1019Cπ7.5×106Hz/Tm=6.80×1027kg

Hence,the mass of muon is m=6.80×10-27kg,

The frequency of electron is calculated as

fe=1.602×1019C(0.300T)2π9.11×1031kgfe=8.40×106Hzfp=1.602×1019C(0.300T)2π1.67×1027kgfp=4.58×106Hz

Hence, the frequency of electron and proton is fe=8.40×109Hz,fp=4.58×106Hz.

The frequency of alpha particle is half of frequency of proton and the frequency of alpha particle is 13672frequency of electron.

fα=12fpfα=124.58×106Hzfα=2.3×106Hz

And

fα=13672fefα=136728.40×109Hzfα=2.3×106HzThekineticenergyofthealphaparticleisK=12(RqB)2mK=12(0.12m)2×1.602×1019C(0.30T)26.80×1027kgK=9.8×1018JK=6.12×104eV

Hence, the kinetic energy is6.12×104eV .

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