Solution

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Write the electron electric charge as , with the elementary charge, and choose and initial velocity . In the nonrelativistic approximation, Newton's second law with the magnetic Lorentz force gives
The magnetic force is perpendicular to the velocity, so it does no work: . Setting , the solution with is
Consequently , where : this is a cyclotron orbit. Its frequency and cyclotron radius are
The accelerating voltage changes and but cancels out of . Using and gives
Only the magnitude of the magnetic field is determined; its direction is perpendicular to the orbital plane, with the sense of rotation fixed by the negative electric charge. The claimed voltage independence is a nonrelativistic result: exactly, and . At the correction is about . The stated model also neglects the energy lost to emitted electromagnetic radiation.

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