Magnetically charged conical pendulum

ID: magnetically-charged-conical-pendulum

A conducting conical pendulum connected to a grounded pivot develops a motional electric potential difference between the rotation axis and a bob at radius . If the bob dominates the capacitance, its electric charge is . An additional uniform vertical electric field changes both the force on that charge and, while the grounding connection remains, the background electric potential entering the charging relation. These effects must be treated consistently when calculating a first-order mechanical response.

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