DYNAMICS OF 2 INTERACTING PARTICLES IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD IN 2 DIMENSIONS

Authors
CURILEF S CLARO F
Citation
S. Curilef et F. Claro, DYNAMICS OF 2 INTERACTING PARTICLES IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD IN 2 DIMENSIONS, American journal of physics, 65(3), 1997, pp. 244-250
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
American journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
65
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
244 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1997)65:3<244:DO2IPI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The classical dynamics of two interacting particles of equal mass and equal or opposite charge, moving in a plane and a perpendicular magnet ic field, is discussed. The simplest trajectories are similar to those of a single particle in the presence of crossed electric and magnetic fields (Hall configuration). Such motion occurs over a ribbon that ma y be straight (for opposite charges), or bent into a circle (for ident ical particles). (C) 1997 American Association of Physics Teachers.