Engineering
Physics
Motion of Charged Particle in Uniform Magnetic Field
Question

An electron and a proton are moving on straight parallel paths with same velocity. They enter a semi-infinite region of uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the velocity. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

They will come out at different times.

They will come out travelling along parallel paths.

They will come out at the same time.

They will never come out of the magnetic field region.

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Solution

Te=πRev=πmeeBTp > Te

Tp=πmpeB

But as it's not mentioned that whether they entered in field together or not (C) and (D) could be right depending on data.

*           The most appropriate answer to this question is (B,D), but because of ambiguity in language, IIT has declared [(B, C), (B, D), (B, C, D)] as correct answer