Question

Two protons, moving in a plane perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of 500 x 10-4 T undergo an elastic head-on collision. How much time elapses before they collide again?

Answer 1

if they come from opposite directions and collide, they'd be continuously acted upon by the firce due to the magnetic field and will perform a circular motion

Answer 2

so,
\[qvB={m_pv^2\over r}\\
qB=m_p{v\over r}\\
{qB\over m_p}={r\omega\over r}\\
{qB\over m_p}=\omega={2\pi\over T}\\
\Large T={2\pi m_p\over qB}
\]

Answer 3

ohh, great, now i got it, thx

Answer 4

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