Question

3 Charge Deflector An experiment to look for a charge imbalance between the proton and electron is constructed as shown. A beam of particles moving at speed vo 1.0 106 m/s is prepared in an accelerator. Before striking the detector, the beam passes through a 10 m region that contains a uniform elec tric field of 100 N/C perpendicular to the beam. a) Where would a proton from the beam be expected to strike the detector? (I.e., how many meters above or beam below the beam line would it strike?) (b) Suppose the experiment is unable to detect a deflec- tion less than 1 nm. If no deflection of hydrogen atoms is detected (i.e., the deflection of a hydrogen atom is less than 1 nm), what is the upper limit on the net charge of a hydrogen atom? This is the maximum difference between the electron and proton charge that is consistent with the experimental measurement 10 m

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