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Past exam of the theoretical physics I course of the University of Cambridge
/
2012
/
Paper 1
/
3
/
a
/
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2026-10-20
The cylindrical entries of
A
are physical
vector
components, so
v
⋅
A
=
μ
r
2
θ
˙
, not
μ
r
θ
˙
. The
Lagrangian
is
L
=
2
m
(
r
˙
2
+
r
2
θ
˙
2
+
z
˙
2
)
+
e
μ
r
2
θ
˙
−
e
λ
z
2
.
(1)
Its three
equations
are
m
r
¨
=
m
r
θ
˙
2
+
2
e
μ
r
θ
˙
,
d
t
d
(
m
r
2
θ
˙
+
e
μ
r
2
)
=
0
,
m
z
¨
=
−
2
e
λ
z
.
(2)
For
r
>
0
, the angular
equation
can be expanded
as
r
θ
¨
+
2
r
˙
θ
˙
+
(
2
e
μ
/
m
)
r
˙
=
0
. Directly computing the
fields
gives
B
=
2
μ
z
^
and
E
=
−
2
λ
z
z
^
, agreeing with the
equations
above.
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