- Since the magnetic force always acts at right
angles to the charges motion, the magnetic force can do no work on the
charge. The B-field cannot speed up or slow down a moving charge; it can
only change the direction in which the charge is moving.
- The general path of a moving charge in a
constant magnetic field is that of a helix with its axis parallel to the
direction of the magnetic field.
- If you stand in such a way that you are
looking directly into the oncoming magnetic field, the a positively
charged particle will be seen to rotate in clockwise circle where as a
negatively charged particle will rotate in counterclockwise circle.
- The component of velocity of the
charged particle that is parallel to the magnetic field is unaffected,
i.e. the charge moves at a constant speed along the direction of the
magnetic field.
- If the particle has a component of velocity
parallel to the magnetic field, then its circlular motion will drift at a
constant speed (equal to that of its parallel-velocity component, vll)
along the magnetic field producing an overall helical motion.
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