Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Fundamentals: N03P2Q69page 142

Interesting question! B field : Use flemings left hand rule, current finger up , and force to the left at 90degrees to the arrow at P. Draw a circle where the centre is along the force direction .
Part c) E field comes into the picture together with the B field , hence force on electron is out of the page(opp to E field direction ) due to electron being negatively charged. The resultant motion is combined circular and acceleration out of page . Electron will be spiraling out of the page with increasing (outward) velocity).