Magnetic field on charged particles
Lorenzo Galante
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- CHANGING THE MOMENTUM: With the two sliders p1 e p2 change the momentum of two particles and see how the curvature radius of their trajectory varies accordingly.
- CHANGING THE MAGNETIC FIELD: Change the value of the magnetic field B: the stronger is the field, the shorter is the radius.
- CHANGING THE CHARGE: In the purple input box define the value of the charge (Coulomb) and observe how the curvature changes.
- THE SLIT: move the black points of the slit, so changing its orientation and width. Once the magnetic field and the charges of the particles are fixed, the slit acts as a filter, selecting particles with momentum inside a certain range. This is a method used in nuclear physics to have monochromatic beams.
- UNITS: all the quantities are expressed in SI units (m, kg, s, C, T, ... )