#6.2.1a(i)
use of particle accelerators to generate high-energy beams of particles for scattering
#6.2.1a(ii)
evidence from scattering for a small massive nucleus within the atom
Development of the nuclear model
#6.2.1a(iii)
evidence of discrete energy levels in atoms
For example from collisions with electrons or from line spectra
#6.2.1a(iv)
a simple model of the atom as the quantum behaviour of electrons in a confined space
#6.2.1a(v)
simple picture of the quark structure of protons and neutrons
#6.2.1a(vi)
application of conservation of mass/energy, charge and lepton number in balanced nuclear equations
#6.2.1a(vii)
relativistic calculations for particles travelling at very high speed, for example in particle accelerators or cosmic rays.
#6.2.1b
Make appropriate use of:
(i) the terms: energy level, scattering, nucleus, proton, neutron, nucleon, electron, positron, quark, gluon, neutrino, hadron, lepton, antiparticle, lepton number
by sketching and interpreting:
(ii) paths of scattered particles
(iii) electron standing waves in simple models of an atom.
#6.2.1c(i)
motion of a charged particle in magnetic field using \(F = qvB\)
#6.2.1c(ii)
kinetic and potential energy of a scattered charged particle
#6.2.1c(iii)
\(E_{rest} = mc^2 \) and relativistic factor
#6.2.1c(iv)
\(E_{total} = γE_{rest} \)