Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-theoretical-physics-i-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/1/e/solution

Let for a nonzero constant magnetic field. Since is constant, the relativistic Lorentz force reduces to
The projection along is constant. In the perpendicular plane define the signed cyclotron frequency ; then
The explicit rotating velocity is
This is the relativistic cyclotron orbit frequency in laboratory time, reduced from the nonrelativistic frequency by . With nonzero parallel velocity, the trajectory is a helix. If , that perpendicular vector stays zero and has no nontrivial fundamental period; the displayed is the period of a nonzero transverse orbit.

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