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-===== Project 4B: Mini-Particle Accelerator  =====+===== Project: Mini-Particle Accelerator  =====
  
 S.P.A.R.T.A.N force, still trapped in the town of Lakeview, has been sent as part of a larger governmental team to work on developing a micro-particle accelerator on the outskirts of town. Why does a town the size of Lakeview need a micro-particle accelerator? You are not at liberty to say. Your team is tasked with modeling the initial part of the accelerator, which uses a constant electric field to accelerate the charges. The concept is that the particles will enter a tube that is encapsulated by rings of charge. Your team needs to demonstrate that this concept will produce a __constant__ electric field. S.P.A.R.T.A.N force, still trapped in the town of Lakeview, has been sent as part of a larger governmental team to work on developing a micro-particle accelerator on the outskirts of town. Why does a town the size of Lakeview need a micro-particle accelerator? You are not at liberty to say. Your team is tasked with modeling the initial part of the accelerator, which uses a constant electric field to accelerate the charges. The concept is that the particles will enter a tube that is encapsulated by rings of charge. Your team needs to demonstrate that this concept will produce a __constant__ electric field.
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 <code> <code>
 GlowScript 2.7 VPython GlowScript 2.7 VPython
 +
 +display(background = color.white)
 +
 #Set up constants #Set up constants
 R = 0.02 R = 0.02
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 <code> <code>
 +display(background = color.white)
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 num_points = 10 num_points = 10
 num_rings = 11 num_rings = 11
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 </code> </code>
  
 +<WRAP INFO>
 +===Learning Goals===
 +  * Review ideas of electric field, superposition, separation vectors, and distributions of charge 
 +  * Review ideas of interpreting code: while and for loops, lists, creating objects/shapes
 +  * Explain how you created a constant electric field using rings of charge
 +  * Explain what would happen to a charge if it were placed in the electric field
 +</WRAP>
  
 +Conceptual Questions:
 +  - What does it mean for a vector (like Electric Field) to be "constant"?
 +  - What would you expect the electric field to look like at the center of the ring? What about mid-ring? What about away from the ring? Draw these out on the whiteboard.
 +  - Comment your code line-by-line and make sure everyone understands what each line is doing.
 +  - When you have multiple rings of charge, how do you get a constant electric field?
 +  - What is a surface charge gradient?
 +  - Why does this set up count as an "accelerator"? What would you need to change to make the accelerator stronger?
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