Consider the motion of a charged particle in a spatially uniform magnetic field that varies slowly in time as compared to the particle cyclotron period.

(a) Show that the equation of motion can be written in vector form as

where Ω_c(t) = –qB(t)/m.

(b) Considering that B(t) = ẑB₀f(t), where B₀ is constant, obtain the following equations for the motion of the particle in the plane normal to B:

where Ω_c = |q| B/m.
(c) Define a complex variable u(t) = x(t) + iy(t) and a function ξ(t) by

and show that the equation satisfied by ξ(t) is

(d) If ξ₁(t) and ξ₂(t) are two linearly independent solutions of this equation, subject to the initial conditions

show that the solution for u(t) can be written as

where u₀ and du₀/dt represent the initial position and velocity, respectively.

(e) Considering now that the particle is initially (t = 0) at the origin and moving with velocity v₀ along the negative y axis, that is, u₀ = 0 and du₀/dt = –iv₀, show that

and, consequently,

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