Quiz: Effective Potential Diagrams

• Central Forces 2023

  See also the following more detailed problem and solution: Effective Potentials: Graphical Version

  An electron is moving on a two dimension surface with a radially symmetric electrostatic potential given by the graph below:

  

  1. Sketch the effective potential if the angular momentum is not zero.
  2. Describe qualitatively, the shapes of all possible types of orbits, indicating the energy for each in your diagram.