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AP Physics C: E&M
8.4 Electric Fields of Charge Distributions
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A thin circular ring of radius R lies horizontally, with positive charge symbols spaced uniformly around its circumference indicating a total charge Q. A vertical dashed z-axis passes through the center of the ring. A small particle labeled with charge -q and mass m is positioned on the z-axis at a distance z above the ring center. An arrow labeled z points from the center of the ring up to the particle. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A charged particle displaced along the axis of a uniformly charged ring.
A thin, rigid insulating ring of radius \(R\) lies in the \(xy\)-plane and carries a total positive charge \(Q\) distributed uniformly along its circumference. A particle of mass \(m\) and negative charge \(-q\) is constrained to move along the central \(z\)-axis perpendicular to the plane of the ring. The particle is released from rest at a small displacement \(z\) from the center of the ring, where \(z \ll R\). Which of the following expressions is the angular frequency \(\omega\) of the particle's small oscillations?

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