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Question: Particle in electric and magnetic field

Saturday, 24 of November , 2007 at 10:37 pm

Question: Write down the equation of motion for a charged particle in uniform, parallel electric and magnetic fields, both in the z-direction, and solve it, given that the particle starts from the origin with the velocity (v_0,0,0). A screen is placed at x=a where a \ll  \frac{mv}{qB}. Show that the locus of points of arrival of particles with given m and q, but different speeds v_0, is approximately a parabola.

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