An electricity and magnetism problem by Hammad Shah

When a charged particle moves at right angle to a magnetic field. Which of the following quantities change?

Energy All of above Speed Momentum

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1 solution

Simon Reichert
Sep 15, 2015

The Lorentz force acts on a charged particle and as force is the time derivative of the momentum, it changes. d W k i n d t = m / 2 d v 2 d t = v d p d t = v F L = 0 \frac{dW_{kin}}{dt}=m/2 \frac{d\vec{v}^2}{dt}=\vec{v}\frac{d\vec{p}}{dt}=\vec{v}\vec{F_L}=0 The last step uses that the force is perpendicular to the particles velocity. This shows that the (kinetic) energy doesn't change.

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