Electric Force between Point Charges
 

Electric Force between Point Charges problem 24


Positronium is a system in which an electron and a positron orbit, with the same period, around their common centre of mass, as shown in the figure below.




The radius of the orbit of both particles is . Explain how the electric force between the electron and the positron causes the path of the moving particles to be circular. Show that the magnitude of the electric force between the electron and the positron is .


 

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