Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
 

Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor problem 21


An electron is sent into an airless space at a speed of and it must travel along the path shown by the continuous line in the figure below:




The radius of the large curve is and the radius of the small curve is . There are two magnetic fields in space that are independent of each other and follow each other.

  • What should be the magnitudes and directions of the magnetic fields and for the electron to travel in the desired path?

  • What should be the magnitudes and directions of the magnetic fields if we use a proton instead of an electron?

  • What should be the magnitudes and directions of the magnetic fields if we use a neutron instead of an electron?

  • What if we use the cation ?

The mass of the electron is , the mass of a proton and neutron is , and the mass of the cation is .


 

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