A Physicist Claims That She Has Found a New Particle

question 37

Multiple Choice

A physicist claims that she has found a new particle with a mass 200 000 times the mass of the proton (1.67*10-27 kg) and a charge of 3.20 *10-19 C.If she is correct, such a particle travelling in a circle in a uniform 5.00 T magnetic field at a velocity of 2500 m/s will have a radius of:

• A)0.261 m.
• B)0.522 m.
• C)1.04 m.
• D)3.27 m.
• E)3.13 * 1026 m.

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