It is shown in more advanced courses that charged particles in circular orbits radiate electromagnetic waves, called cyclotron radiation.

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2021-09-30

It is shown in more advanced courses that charged particles in circular orbits radiate electromagnetic waves, called cyclotron radiation. As a result, a particle undergoing cyclotron motion with speed v is actually losing kinetic energy at the rate dKdt=(μ0q46πcm2)B2v2 How long does it take (a) an electron and (b) a proton to radiate away half its energy while spiraling in a 2.0 T magnetic field?

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Leonard Stokes

Leonard Stokes

Skilled2021-10-01Added 98 answers

a) t=0.45s
b) t=2.8×109s

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