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Hi, I'm currently doing my extended essay for the IB in physics and I'm basing mine around the Gauss gun (similar post that explains it really well here https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/physics-behind-gaussian-accelerator-magnetic-linear-accelerator.320389/). What I was wondering was how I...

Thanks, I'll have a look at that. This is what I mean about how the gun works (sorry wasn't very clear)

There's not that much I can find about it online but https://www.wired.com/2011/12/does-a-magnet-gun-conserve-momentum is quite useful. Yes, I do mean coil gun but using short bar magnets rather than coils. I think what I meant by the orientation was that the definition of magnetic potential...

Homework Statement For my extended essay as part of the IB, I am investigating the effect of changing the distance and the number of stationary ball bearings in a Gaussian gun. I was hoping to look at the energy transfer during each stage of magnets and therefore calculate the efficiency...

Thank you - that's really helpful!

I'm currently in year 12 (studying IB with hl physics, maths and chemistry) in the UK and am starting to look at uni courses. For a few years now I have been absolutely fascinated by the particle physics/quantum side of physics. At the movement I would love to work in research in this sort of...