A neutral particle is at rest in a uniform magnetic field

PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Fields and their consequences · Fields and their consequences

Problem

\mathbf{B}

. At time

t=0

, it decays into two charged particles, each of mass

m

. (1) If the charge of one of the particles is

+q

, what is the charge of the other? (2) The two particles move off in separate paths, both of which lie in the plane perpendicular to

\mathbf{B}

. At a later time, the particles collide. Express the time from decay until collision in terms of

m

B

, and

q