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Assume that the magnetic field is uniform in a cubical region and s zero outside. Can u project\

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What will happen if a charged particle is projected through a cubical space of a uniform magnetic field?

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Robert Cruikshank, physics tutor, MIT '92

Answered Sep 3, 2017 · Author has 1.6kanswers and 746.4k answer views

It depends on the angle between the velocity of the particle and the direction of the magnetic field. If they are aligned, there is no force and it goes straight. If they are at right angles, the particle’s path is bent into a circle. If it is at some other angle, the particle will follow a spiral: the velocity component along the field will not change, but the component at right angles will cause circular motion, and the combination of the two is a spiral or helix path.