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JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 · Physics · Magnetic Effects of Current · medium

A particle of mass m and charge q moves with speed v0 and enters, perpendicular to its boundary, a region of width d=mv0/2qB containing a uniform…

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A particle of mass mm and charge qq moves with speed v0v_0 and enters, perpendicular to its boundary, a region of width d=mv02qBd=\dfrac{mv_0}{2qB} containing a uniform magnetic field BB directed perpendicular to the velocity. Choose the correct statement(s).
  1. A. The particle leaves the region after being deflected through 30∘30^\circ.
  2. B. The time spent in the field region is πm3qB\dfrac{\pi m}{3qB}.
  3. C. The kinetic energy of the particle increases on leaving the region because the field has done work on it.
  4. D. If the width were changed to 0.8 mv0qB0.8\,\dfrac{mv_0}{qB} the particle would return to the face through which it entered.
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Answer: A

The orbit radius is r=mv0/(qB)r=mv_0/(qB), so d=r/2d=r/2. (A) The particle enters along the normal; geometry gives sin⁡θ=d/r=12\sin\theta=d/r=\tfrac12, so θ=30∘\theta=30^\circ: true. (B) The time equals the arc angle over ω=qB/m\omega=qB/m: t=π/6qB/m=πm6qBt=\dfrac{\pi/6}{qB/m}=\dfrac{\pi m}{6qB}, not πm/3qB\pi m/3qB: 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 d>rd>r. For d=0.8rd=0.8r we get sin⁡θ=0.8\sin\theta=0.8, so it still crosses the region and emerges from the far face deflected by about 53∘53^\circ: false.
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