Relativistic Electron Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory

Details Relativistic Electron Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory Relativistic Electron Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory

2011-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/1108.5977v1

Physics

Physics Education

11 pages, 7 figures

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We have developed an undergraduate laboratory experiment to make independent measurements of the momentum and kinetic energy of relativistic electrons from a \beta -source. The momentum measurements are made with a magnetic spectrometer and a silicon surface-barrier detector is used to measure the kinetic energy. A plot of the kinetic energy as a function of momentum compared to the classical and relativistic predictions clearly shows the relativistic nature of the electrons. Accurate values for the rest mass of the electron and the speed of light are also extracted from the data.

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