IPSA: Interactive Problem-Solving Access -12

PHY 103 Practice Problem Set –12 IITK /ynm June 17, 2021

1. Two charges ±𝑞 are on parallel trajectories a distance d apart, moving with equal
speeds 𝑣 in opposite directions. The aim is to calculate the force on +𝑞 due to −𝑞
at the instant they cross.
Find each of the following quantities in three Frames
A: Lab frame as given in the figure below,
B: Frame in which +𝑞 is at rest, and
C: Frame in which −𝑞 at rest:
i) 𝐸⃗ 𝑎𝑡 + 𝑞 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 − 𝑞
ii) 𝐵⃗ 𝑎𝑡 + 𝑞 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 − 𝑞
iii) 𝐹 𝑜𝑛 + 𝑞 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 − 𝑞
For comparison you can put your results in a tabular form with each quantity
in a row, and each frame in column.

-q 𝑣
𝑣
d +q
𝑦
𝑥
2. Consider a Lab frame 𝒮 in which 𝐸⃗ and 𝐵
⃗ are neither parallel nor perpendicular at
a point P in 𝒮.
We want to find a condition on the velocity vector 𝑣 with which an inertial frame
𝒮̅ should move with respect to 𝒮 such that 𝐸⃗̅ and 𝐵
⃗̅ in 𝒮̅ become parallel at that
point. Show that the condition is
𝑣 𝐸⃗ × 𝐵
⃗
2 = 2
1 + 𝑣 ⁄𝑐 2 (𝐵 2 + 𝐸 ⁄ 2 )
𝑐
For convenience, without loss of generality, you can start with 𝐸⃗ pointing in 𝑧̂
⃗ in the y-z plane, and then look for the condition in another
direction and 𝐵
inertial frame.
Is there a frame in which the two are perpendicular?
IPSA: Interactive Problem-Solving Access -12

3. A charge q is released from rest at the origin in the presence of a uniform electric
field 𝐸⃗ = 𝐸0 𝑘̂ , and a uniform magnetic field 𝐵⃗ = 𝐵0 𝑖̂ . Find the trajectory of the
particle by transforming to a frame in which the electric field is zero. Find the path
in that system and transform it back to the original frame. Assume 𝐸0 < 𝑐𝐵0 .
Compare your results with that obtained without relativistic considerations.

4. Case Study 12.1 : Relativistic speeds in Cyclotron

In an earlier case study, we had briefly considered the principle of cyclotron.

Typically, one achieves energies in such machines in which relativistic effects
cannot be ignored. For the simple case of circular motion of charged particle of
mass of mass 𝑚 and speed 𝑣 in constant magnetic field, find the radius of the
circular orbit, and its frequency of its orbital motion.

--------------------------------------12_PP_PHY103_2021_II------17 JUNE----------------------ynm---------------------