A neutral particle is at rest in a uniform magnetic field of magnitude |B|. At time t = 0 it decays into two charged particles each of mass m. a) If the charge of one of the particles in +q, what is the charge of the other? b) The two particles move off in separate paths, both of which lie in the plane perpendicular to B. At a later time the particles collide. Express the time from decay in terms of m, |B| and q.

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A neutral particle is at rest in a uniform magnetic field of magnitude |B|. At time t = 0 it decays into two charged particles each of mass m.

a) If the charge of one of the particles in +q, what is the charge of the other?

b) The two particles move off in separate paths, both of which lie in the plane perpendicular to B. At a later time the particles collide. Express the time from decay in terms of m, |B| and q

 

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