Magnetism makes things Interesting - 1

A particle with mass m m and charge q q is thrown up with initial speed v 0 = ( 0 , 0 , v 0 ) \vec{v_{0}}=(0,0,v_{0}) in the presence of a magnetic field B = ( B 0 , 0 , 0 ) \vec{B}=(B_{0},0,0) and a gravitational field g = ( 0 , 0 , g ) \vec{g}=(0,0,-g) . If we are known that v 0 = m g q B 0 v_{0}=\frac{mg}{qB_{0}} , the first time for which the particle gets its maximmum height can be written as T = π v 0 a g T=\frac{\pi \cdot v_{0}}{a\cdot g} find the value of a + 3 a+3


The answer is 7.

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At first we'll considerate the speed of the particle at any moment v = ( v x , v y , v z ) = ( x ˙ , y ˙ , z ˙ ) \vec{v}=(v_{x},v_{y},v_{z})=(\dot{x},\dot{y},\dot{z}) , so the magnetic force, by Lorentz Force Law : F B = q ( x ˙ , y ˙ , z ˙ ) × ( B 0 , 0 , 0 ) \vec{F_{B}}=q(\dot{x},\dot{y},\dot{z})\times (B_{0},0,0) F B = q ( 0 , z ˙ B 0 , m g y ˙ B 0 ) \Rightarrow \vec{F_{B}}=q(0,\dot{z}\cdot B_{0},-mg-\dot{y}\cdot B_{0}) With this information we can predict that the particle is not going to move in the direction of x x axis, therefore we have the following system of equations: { m y ¨ = q B 0 z ˙ m z ¨ = m g q B 0 y ˙ \begin{cases} m\ddot{y}=qB_{0}\dot{z} \\ m\ddot{z}=-mg-qB_{0}\dot{y} \end{cases} Which gives us as solution for z \vec{z} : z ˙ ( t ) = v 0 c o s ( q B 0 m t ) + m g q B 0 s i n ( q B 0 m t ) \dot{z}(t)=v_{0}cos(\frac{qB_{0}}{m}t)+\frac{mg}{qB_{0}}sin(\frac{qB_{0}}{m}t) .

If the particle reaches its maxummum height at time T T , z ˙ ( T ) = 0 \dot{z}(T)=0 , so we have the equation: 0 = v 0 c o s ( q B 0 m T ) + m g q B 0 s i n ( q B 0 m T ) 0=v_{0}cos(\frac{qB_{0}}{m}T)+\frac{mg}{qB_{0}}sin(\frac{qB_{0}}{m}T) But as we know v 0 = m g q B 0 v_{0}=\frac{mg}{qB_{0}} , so: 0 = c o s ( g v 0 T ) + s i n ( g v 0 T ) 0=cos(\frac{g}{v_{0}}T)+sin(\frac{g}{v_{0}}T) At the second quadrant there is the first solution: g v 0 T = 3 π 4 T = 3 π v 0 4 g \frac{g}{v_{0}}T=\frac{3\pi}{4} \Rightarrow T=\frac{3\pi v_{0}}{4g}

Nice problem!, But I'm getting the solution as z ( t ) = v 0 cos ( q B 0 m t ) m g q B 0 sin ( q B 0 m t ) z'(t)=v_0 \cos\left(\frac{qB_0}{m} t\right)-\frac{mg}{qB_0}\sin\left(\frac{qB_0}{m} t\right) , so I got T = π v 0 4 g T=\frac{\pi v_0}{4g} .

Alan Enrique Ontiveros Salazar - 4 years, 10 months ago

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Exactly the same here, someone please do check this. I typed in 5 as my answer first, got it 'wrong', and 'assumed' that the proposer forgot a negative sign so I guessed 7 as my second 'answer'.

Yong See Foo - 4 years, 7 months ago

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Is exacty what happened... please report it for a moderator to see this, the answer is just 5

Hjalmar Orellana Soto - 4 years, 7 months ago

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