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Past exam of the short options paper shared by Prelims and Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford
/
2015
/
S19
/
2
/
a
/
Solution
by
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2026-10-25
For an ultrarelativistic
electron
of
Lorentz factor
γ
=
E
/
(
m
e
c
2
)
=
3000/0.511
=
5870.84
, the
synchrotron critical frequency
gives
ε
c
=
ℏ
ω
c
=
3ℏ
c
γ
3
/
(
2
ρ
)
. Thus, using the supplied
constants
,
ρ
=
2
ε
c
3ℏ
c
γ
3
=
7.47
m
.
(1)
The
angle
-integrated spectral
power
per unit
photon energy
is proportional to
x
∫
x
∞
K
5/3
(
u
)
d
u
, with
x
=
ε
/
ε
c
. It peaks at
x
≃
0.286
, so
ε
peak
≃
2.29
keV
.
(2)
This is
a
power spectrum
per linear
energy
interval;
power
per logarithmic interval and
photon
-count spectra have different peaks. The
magnetic rigidity
condition is
p
=
∣
e
∣
Bρ
, with
p
c
≃
E
,
giving
B
≃
∣
e
∣
c
ρ
E
=
1.34
T
.
(3)
The critical
energy
sets
a
broad spectral scale, not
a
maximum allowed
photon energy
.
[ref]
Synchrotron Radiation in the Geant4 Physics Reference Manual by Geant4 Collaboration
. critical
energy
and
angle
-integrated
synchrotron
spectrum
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