A charged particle going around in a circle can be considered

Question:

A charged particle going around in a circle can be considered to be a current loop. A particle of mass m carrying charge $q$ is moving in a plane with speed $\mathrm{v}$ under the influence of magnetic field $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{B}}$. The magnetic moment of this moving particle:

  1. $-\frac{m v^{2} \vec{B}}{B^{2}}$

  2. $-\frac{m v^{2} \vec{B}}{2 \pi B^{2}}$

  3. $\frac{m v^{2} \vec{B}}{2 B^{2}}$

  4. $-\frac{m v^{2} \vec{B}}{2 B^{2}}$


Correct Option: , 4

Solution:

Magnetic moment

$\mathrm{M}=\mathrm{iA}$

$M=\left(\frac{q}{T}\right) \times \pi r^{2}=\frac{q \pi r^{2}}{\left(\frac{2 \pi r}{v}\right)}=\frac{q v r}{2}$

$\mathrm{M}=\frac{\mathrm{qv}}{2} \times \frac{\mathrm{vm}}{\mathrm{qB}}$

$\mathrm{M}=\frac{\mathrm{mv}^{2}}{2 \mathrm{~B}}$

As we can see from the figure, direction of magnetic moment (M) is opposite to magnetic field.

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{M}}=-\frac{\mathrm{mv}^{2}}{2 \mathrm{~B}} \hat{\mathrm{B}}$

$=-\frac{\mathrm{mv}^{2}}{2 \mathrm{~B}^{2}} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{B}}$

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