Gravitational Analogies for the Stopping Voltage and the Work Function in the Photoelectric Effect

• Gonzalo Fuster ^[1] ; Roberto Rojas ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 59, Nº. 3, 2021, págs. 196-198
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The photoelectric effect consists of electrons emerging from the region near the inner surface of a metallic solid toward the outside vacuum, when the metal surface is illuminated. The effect depends on the frequency of the light waves and the properties of the metal surface. In particular, a minimum or “threshold” frequency of light is necessary to produce the effect in each metal.