Chapter 13
Electromagnetism I
Abstract Chapters 13 and 14 are devoted to electromagnetism concerned with
motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields, Lorentz force, cyclotron
and betatron, magnetic induction, magnetic energy and torque, magnetic dipole
moment, Faraday’s law, Hall Effect, RLC circuits, r esonance frequency, Maxwell’s
equations, Electromagnetic waves, Poynting vector, phase velocity and group veloc-
ity, dispersion relations, waveguides and cut-off frequency.
13.1 Basic Concepts and Formulae
Motion of Charged Particles in Electric and Magnetic Fields
Assuming that the magnetic field (B) acts perpendicular to the plane of orbit of a
particle of charge q and mass m moving with velocity v, the radius of curvature (r)
is given by
r =
mv
qB
(13.1)
the angular velocity by
ω =
v
r
=
qB
m
(13.2)
the frequency by
f =
ω
2π
=
qB
2πm
(cyclotron frequency) (13.3)
the kinetic energy (K )by
K =
1
2
q
2
r
2
B
2
m
(13.4)
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