Question

The electric and magnetic fields caused by an accelerated charged particle are found to scale as e ∝ r −n and b ∝ r −m at large distances. What are the values of n and m?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Lorentz force can accelerate the particle by changing the direction of its velocity but it cannot change the magnitude of the velocity. The answers you get refer the phenomenon of deflection of charged particles in a magnetic field to a quantitative description, derived from experiments.A charged particle produces an electric field. This electric field exerts a force on other charged particles. Positive charges accelerate in the direction of the field and negative charges accelerate in a direction opposite to the direction of the field. A moving charged particle produces a magnetic field.