Here's the graph of the potential energy function
What can you say about the equilibrium points? There is/are:
Here's a potential energy function
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A double-well potential energy function
We assume we have scaled the potential energy so that all the units are consistent.
How many equilibrium points does this system have?
A double-well potential energy function
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Here's a graph of the potential energy function
Describe the motion of a particle with the total energy,
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