Question: Let a steady current I flow up the y-axis and let the initial position and velocity of a particle with mass m and charge q

Let a steady current I flow up the y-axis and let the initial position and velocity of a particle with mass m and charge q be r0 = (x0, 0, 0) and v= (0, ν0, 0).(a) Show that the motion of the particle is confined to the x-y plane.(b) Prove that ν= v0 + β ln(x/x0) (where β is a constant) and use the fact that the Lorentz force does no work to prove that the particle never leaves the interval x0 ≤ x ≤ xexp(−2ν0/β).(c) Use (but do not solve) the equation of motion for νx and the results obtained so far to sketch a typical particle trajectory. Justify your sketch.(d) Prove that the particle trajectory is given by


dy dx Vo + B ln(x/xo) - ln(x/xo)[2vo + ln(x/xo)]

dy dx Vo + B ln(x/xo) - ln(x/xo)[2vo + ln(x/xo)]

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