Gujarati
4.Moving Charges and Magnetism
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A collimated beam of charged and uncharged particles is directed towards a hole marked $P$ on a screen as shown below. If the electric and magnetic fields as indicated below are turned $ON$

A

only particles with speed $E / B$ will go through the hole $P$

B

only charged particles with speed $E / B$ and neutral particles will go through $P$

C

only neutral particles will go through $P$

D

only positively charged particles with speed $E / B$ and neutral particles will go through $P$

(KVPY-2020)

Solution

$(c)$ The force on a charged particle moving in combined electric and magnetic field is

$F =q( E + v \times B )$

For given direction of $v$, the net force is in downward direction. So, no charge will be able to go through the hole $P$.

Hence, only neutral particle will go undeviated.

Standard 12
Physics

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