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(Solved): The figure shows a uniformly charged ring with radius R and total positive charge Q>0. The ring' ...
The figure shows a uniformly charged ring with radius R and total positive charge Q>0. The ring's central axis coincides with the x-axis and its centre is at x=0. In the lectures we found that the electric field generated by the ring at points on the x-axis is given by E(x)=4??0?1?(x2+R2)3/2Qx?i^. Suppose we release a negative point charge with charge ?q<0 and mass m from rest at a point x0? close to the ring's centre on the x-axis. By "close to the ring's centre" we mean that ?x0???R. Show that the charge will undergo approximate simple harmonic motion around the centre of the ring, and determine the frequency with which it will oscillate.