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Past exam of the short options paper shared by Prelims and Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford
/
2012
/
S7
/
3
/
4
/
Solution
by
Codex
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2026-10-25
For
translation
in
a
fixed direction
n
^
, take
K
=
n
^
and the preceding
F
n
. The
triple-product
identity gives
F
n
=
−
(
q
/2
)
n
^
⋅
(
B
×
x
)
. Thus
Q
n
=
p
⋅
n
^
−
F
n
=
n
^
⋅
(
m
x
˙
+
q
B
×
x
)
.
(1)
Choosing the three Cartesian directions gives the three
constants
K
mag
=
m
x
˙
+
q
B
×
x
=
constant vector
.
(2)
These are magnetic pseudomomentum components, not the three components of
kinetic momentum
m
x
˙
.
A
direct check is
d
K
mag
/
d
t
=
q
x
˙
×
B
+
q
B
×
x
˙
=
0
. In the stated gauge,
K
mag
=
p
+
(
q
/2
)
B
×
x
, consistent with the Noether boundary correction.
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