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A particle of mass and charge moves with speed and enters, perpendicular to its boundary, a region of width containing a uniform magnetic field directed perpendicular to the velocity. Choose the correct statement(s).
- A. The particle leaves the region after being deflected through .
- B. The time spent in the field region is .
- C. The kinetic energy of the particle increases on leaving the region because the field has done work on it.
- D. If the width were changed to the particle would return to the face through which it entered.
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Answer: A
The orbit radius is , so . (A) The particle enters along the normal; geometry gives , so : true. (B) The time equals the arc angle over : , not : false. (C) The magnetic force is always perpendicular to the velocity and does no work, so the speed and kinetic energy remain unchanged: false. (D) The particle turns back only if . For we get , so it still crosses the region and emerges from the far face deflected by about : false.
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