DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2007

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    A beam of protons with velocity \[4\times {{10}^{5}}m/s\]enters a uniform magnetic field of 0.3 T at an. angle of \[{{60}^{o}}\] to the magnetic field. Find the radius of the helical path taken by the proton beam.

    A)  0.2cm         

    B)  1.2cm

    C)  2.2cm         

    D)  0.122cm

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     When the charged particle is moving at an angle to the field (other than \[{{0}^{o}},{{90}^{o}}\] and \[{{180}^{o}}\]), in this situation resolving the velocity of the particle along and perpendicular to the field, we find that the particle moves with constant velocity v \[\cos \theta \] along the field and at the same time it is also moving with velocity v sin \[\theta \] perpendicular to the field due to which it will describe a circle (in a plane perpendicular to the field) of radius \[r=\frac{m(v\sin \theta )}{qB}\] Here, \[m=1.67\times {{10}^{-27}}kg\] \[v=4\times {{10}^{5}}m/s\] \[\theta ={{60}^{o}}\] \[q=1.6\times {{10}^{-19}}C\] \[B=0.3\,T\] \[\therefore \] \[r=\frac{1.67\times {{10}^{-27}}\times 4\times {{10}^{5}}\times (\sqrt{3}/2)}{1.6\times {{10}^{-19}}\times 0.3}\] \[=0.012\,m\] \[=1.2\,\,cm\]


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