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Some peculiarities of equilibrium between springs and charges

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Michael B. Partensky

Physics Education · Submitted 28 May 2003

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The authors' main claim A simple two charge system, one charge being suspended on a spring, exhibits complex behavior including bistability, hysteresis and catastrophic response to gradual variation of the external parameters.

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CitationMichael B. Partensky. "Some peculiarities of equilibrium between springs and charges." arXiv:physics/0305114 (2003). https://pith.science/paper/NZDMYZJA
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A simple two charge system, one charge being suspended on a spring, exhibits complex behavior including bistability, hysteresis and catastrophic response to gradual variation of the external parameters. We discuss these complex features (that can be related, e.g., to membrane electroporation and voltage gating of ion channels) using only high school physics. Similar properties are displayed by a system comprised of magnets and springs. Using this analogy, a simple demonstration model was designed in collaboration with John Griffin, using components of the "Rogers Connections" magnetic construction toy.

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s0 A simple two charge system, one charge being suspended on a spring, exhibits complex behavior including bistability, hysteresis and catastrophic response to gradual variation of the external parameters. result 0.82 0.62 0.59 asserted 1.00
s1 We discuss these complex features (that can be related, e.g., to membrane electroporation and voltage gating of ion channels) using only high school physics. contribution 0.76 0.65 0.13 asserted 0.58
s2 Similar properties are displayed by a system comprised of magnets and springs. result 0.70 0.39 0.08 asserted 1.00
s3 Using this analogy, a simple demonstration model was designed in collaboration with John Griffin, using components of the "Rogers Connections" magnetic construction toy. method 0.85 0.87 0.04 asserted 0.99

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A simple two charge system, one charge being suspended on a spring, exhibits complex behavior including bistability, hysteresis and catastrophic response to gradual variation of the external parameters. We discuss these complex features (that can be related, e.g., to membrane electroporation and voltage gating of ion channels) using only high school physics. Similar properties are displayed by a system comprised of magnets and springs. Using this analogy, a simple demonstration model was designed in collaboration with John Griffin, using components of the "Rogers Connections" magnetic construction toy.

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