Consider an experimental setup where charged particles (electrons or protons) are first accelerated by an electric field and then injected into a region of constant magnetic field with a field strength of 0.5 T.
v = 5.8 x 107 m/s
B = 0.5 T
(a) What is the potential difference, in volts, required in the first part of the experiment to accelerate electrons to a speed of 5.8 x 107 m/s?
(b) Find the radius of curvature, in meters, of the path of a proton accelerated through this same potential after the proton crosses into the region with the magnetic field.
(c) What is the ratio of the radius of curvatures for a proton an an electron traveling through this apparatus?