A long straight wire carries a current i. A particle having positive charge q and mass m, kept at a distance x0 from the wire is projected towards wire with speed v. The closest distance of approach of the charged particle to the wire is
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Magnetic field due to long wire is
let the charged particle's velocity

at any instant be
magnetic force on the charge
.....(I)
at minimum separation velocity of particle is

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