Coulomb Definition and 219 Threads

Can you gurus help me understand in a qualitative way the nature of the Coulomb barrier as it applies to alpha decay? I can intuitively appreciate the Coulomb barrier as it applies to an incoming charged particle, but resources I have been reading apply the same term to the barrier felt by...

I'm having trouble understanding the properties of the "coulomb staircase" using the average integer charge: <n> as a function of the gate charge. How would we go about getting this graph? http://www-drecam.cea.fr/drecam/spec/Pres/Quantro/Qsite/projects/qip.htm It will be the last graph...

Hi friends, How'll we calculate how many electrons in one coulomb?Thanks.

I must comment on the Coulomb force - vectorial & non-vectorial form: F=k*((Q1*Q2)/r^2 ) F=k*((Q1*Q2)/r^2 )*[r] >>>[r] unit vector I know that , in case of vectorial form, I can use superposition principle, and use this form when the direction is important for me. But what's more?

Homework Statement Consider a glass of mass m starting at x=0 and sliding on a table of LENGTH H. For what initial velocites V(naught) will the glass fall off the table if the only force is Coulomb friction? Homework Equations Fcoulomb = -c(dx/dt) where c >0 and is defined as the...

The Coulomb potential barrier of a system of two nuclei X and Y is approximately given by VC = ZX*ZY*e2/RN where ZX and ZY are the charge numbers of the nuclei, e2 = 1.44 MeV*fm, RN = (AX1/3+AY1/3) × r0 is the sum of the nuclear radii. r0 is a constant usually estimated to 1.2 to 1.3 fm and AX...

A line charge of length L with lamba=const.(linear charge density) lies along the positive Z axis with its ends located at z=z0 and z0+L. Find the total force on the line charge due to a uniform spherical charge distribution with center at origin and radius a<z0 Sooo here's what I DID I...

I've seen the Fourier representation of the Coulomb potential is -\frac {Ze} {|\mathbf{x}|} = -Ze 4\pi \int \frac {d^3q} {(2\pi)^3} \frac {1} { |\mathbf{q}|^2} e^{i\mathbf{q}\cdot\mathbf{x}} Will anyone show me how to prove it? (yes, it's the Coulomb potential around an atomic nucleus.)...

I've been trying to figure this problem out for quite awhile but am really struggling, help would be much appreciated. Thank you In the diagram to the right, the net force on the 1.0 mC charge is zero. What is the sign and magnitude of the unknown charge q? So the diagram is a triangle...

I am supposed to balance the coulomb repulsive and gravitational force in a way that both forces between the Earth and the moon have the same amount. For that I can just use F_C = F_G 1/(4\pi\epsilon_0) * (Q_1*Q_2)/(r^2) = f (m_1 * m_2)/r^2 and then put Q_1*Q_2 on one side. Now I have...

Historically, what came first: coulomb unit or ampere unit?

Suppose A1 and V1 satisfy the coulomb gauge and A2 and V2 satisfy the lorentz gauge. what function S will transform A1 and V1 to A2 and V2? What function W will transform A2 and V2 to A1 and V1?l

I'm trying to find some sort of simple derivation of these laws in 2d, using the integral expressions of the Maxwell equations. For 2d Coulomb, I found this: Imagine a rod of infinite length along the z-axis, carrying a charge q which is uniformly divided: rho (the charge/volume) =...

According to Max Planck : Planck's seven (7) primary universal base unit values 1) Planck intensity : (bar-hG/c^5)^1/2/sr = 7.8672231(80) x 10^-46 cd 2) Planck time : (bar-hG/c^5)^1/2 = 5.3904639(43) x 10^-44 s 3) Planck length : (bar-hG/c^3)^1/2 = 1.6160204(35) x 10^-35 m 4) Planck...

Hi Here is an interesting problem which I have been trying to solve. For convienience of discussion, I have broken it into parts to show where I get stuck: Two charges Q_{1} and Q_{2} are kept in space at a distance r from each other in a medium of dielectric constant K. The force between...

When it is said, that 1 coulomb is the amount of electric charge carried by a current of one Ampere for 1 second, and that 1 coulomb is 6.24e18 times the charge of an electron, does it mean that 1 coulomb is 6.24e18 electrons? what is the electrically charged particle that consists of 1 coulomb...

This is the info I am given... e = 1.6 ´ 10–19 C NA = 6.0 ´ 1023 particles / mole Molar mass of zinc = 65.4 grams In a chemical cell, the energy released by chemical attack on a metal, say zinc, as in many chemical reactions, is about 300 kJ per mole of metal attacked. What is the...

Current is the rate of change of current passing throught a point each second. 1 ampere is defined as the current in two infinitely long straight wires 1m apart in a vacuum which produces a force of 2E-7 N/m on each wire. My question is why we choose current as base unit rather than charge...

Its something that I should be able to figure out easily but my brain is refusing to work this term. So any help will be appreciated. In a scattering experiment, gold nuclei (Au Z=79 A=197) are bombarded by alpha particles (He Z=2 A=4) If the Kinetic Energy of the apha particles is...