Engineering
Physics
Motion of Charged Particle in Uniform Magnetic Field
Question

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

xmin=x0e−4πmvμ0qi

xmin=x02  e−πmvμ0qi

xmin=x0e−2πmvμ0qi

xmin=x0  e−πmvμ0qi

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Solution

Magnetic field due to long wire is

B→=−μ0i k^2πx

let the charged particle's velocity 

at any instant be (vxi^ + vyj^).

magnetic force on the charge

F→=q (v→ × B→)

=−μ0qivy2πx i^ + μ0q . ivx2πx j^  .....(I)

ay =dvydt=μ0q.ivx2πmx=μ0q2πmx i . dxdt

at minimum separation velocity of particle is −vj^

∫0−vdvy=μ0qi2πm ∫x0xmindxx

on integrating

xmin=x0e− 2πmvμ0qi