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AP Physics 2
15.5 The Photoelectric Effect
12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges
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A schematic diagram showing an evacuated chamber. On the left, a vertical rectangle represents a metal plate labeled Target. Exactly three parallel wavy arrows, labeled Light, point downward and to the right toward the target plate. To the right of the plate is a region containing an array of twelve x symbols arranged in three horizontal rows of four, labeled with a symbol \vec{B} pointing into the page. A curved dashed arc with an arrowhead emerges horizontally from the target plate and curves upward into a semicircle of radius labeled R_{\max}. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Photoelectrons emitted from a target plate entering a uniform magnetic field.
Monochromatic light of frequency \(f\) is directed onto a metal target of work function \(\Phi\), where \(hf > \Phi\). The emitted electrons, each having mass \(m\) and charge magnitude \(e\), immediately enter a region of uniform magnetic field of magnitude \(B\) directed perpendicular to their velocity. Which of the following correctly gives the maximum orbital radius \(R_{\max}\) of the electrons in the magnetic field, and describes how \(R_{\max}\) changes if the intensity of the incident light is doubled at constant frequency \(f\)?

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