A particle of mass m moving in one dimension has potential energy U(x) = U0 [2(x/a) 2

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A particle of mass m moving in one dimension has potential energy U(x) = U0 [2(x/a) 2 – (x/a) 4], where U0 and a are positive constant.
(a) Find the force F(x), which acts on the particle.
(b) Sketch U(x). Find the positions of stable and unstable equilibrium.
(c) What is the angular frequency w of oscillations about the point of stable equilibrium?
(d) What is the minimum speed the particle must have at the origin to escape to infinity?
(e) At t = 0 the particle is at the origin and its velocity is positive and equal in magnitude to the escape speed of part (d). Find x(t) and sketch the result.
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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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