A beam of protons with speed enters a uniform magnetic field of at an angle of to the…

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Problem

A beam of protons with speed

4 \times 10^5 \text{ ms}^{-1}

enters a uniform magnetic field of

0.3 \text{ T}

at an angle of

60^\circ

to the magnetic field. The pitch of the resulting helical path of protons is close to : (Mass of the proton

= 1.67 \times 10^{-27} \text{ kg}

, charge of the proton

= 1.6 \times 10^{-19} \text{ C}

) (1)

2 \text{ cm}

(2)

5 \text{ cm}

(3)

12 \text{ cm}

(4)

4 \text{ cm}