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CP Thomson’s Model of the Atom. Early in the 20th century, a leading model of the structure of the atom was that of English physicist J. J. Thomson (the discoverer of the electron). In Thomson’s model, an atom consisted of a sphere of positively charged material in which were embedded negatively charged electrons, like chocolate chips in a ball of cookie dough. Consider such an atom consisting of one electron with mass m and charge −e, which may be regarded as a point charge, and a uniformly charged sphere of charge +e and radius R. (a) Explain why the electron’s equilibrium position is at the center of the nucleus. (b) In Thomson’s model, it was assumed that the positive material provided little or no resistance to the electron’s motion. If the electron is displaced from equilibrium by a distance less than R, show that the resulting motion of the electron will be simple harmonic, and calculate the frequency of oscillation. (Hint: Review the definition of
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