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Past exam of the physics 2 paper of the University of Oxford 2014 4 2 Solution by
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After the electric field is removed, the uniform magnetic field preserves the speed. Decompose the instantaneous initial velocity as , with and signed . Thenand, integrating,This is a helical motion in a uniform magnetic field of radius and angular frequency . It is a circle if , and a straight line if . The formula assumes a uniform, nonzero field and nonrelativistic motion.
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