Gravitational and Electric Fields
Specification
| 13.3.1 Uniform motion in
a circle
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where w
is angular speed
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| 13.3.2 Centripetal force
equation
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Recall and use
of
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| 13.3.3 Gravity, Newton’s
law, the gravitational constant G
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Recall and use
of
Methods for measuring G are
not included
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| 13.3.4 Gravitational
field strength g
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(radial field)
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| 13.3.5 Gravitational
potential V
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(radial field) Graphical
representations of variations of g and
V with r |
| 13.3.6 Motion of masses
in gravitational fields
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Circular motion of
planets and satellites including geo-synchronous orbits
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| 13.3.7 Coulomb’s law,
permittivity of free space E
0
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Recall and use
of
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| 13.3.8 Electric field
strength E
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Application, e.g.
estimation of forces at closest approach in Rutherford
alpha particle scattering
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| 13.3.9 Electric potential
V
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| 13.3.10 Motion of charged
particles in an electric field
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Trajectory of particle beams |
| 13.3.11 Similarities and differences between electric and gravitational fields | No quantitative comparisons required |
