Charged Particle Dynamics in the Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Current-Carrying Wire

Charged Particle Dynamics in the Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Current-Carrying Wire

By describing the motion of a charged particle in the well-known nonuniform field of a current-carrying long straight wire, a variety of teaching/learning opportunities are described: 1) Brief review of a standard problem; 2) Vector analysis; 3) Dimensionless variables; 4) Coupled differential equat...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Physics teacher 2015-01, Vol.53 (1), p.34-37
Hauptverfasser: Prentice, A, Fatuzzo, M, Toepker, T
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Calculus
Educational Opportunities
Geometric Concepts
Learning Activities
Magnets
Motion
Physics
Problem Sets
Problem Solving
Scientific Concepts
Scientific Principles
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Zusammenfassung:By describing the motion of a charged particle in the well-known nonuniform field of a current-carrying long straight wire, a variety of teaching/learning opportunities are described: 1) Brief review of a standard problem; 2) Vector analysis; 3) Dimensionless variables; 4) Coupled differential equations; 5) Numerical solutions.
ISSN:0031-921X
1943-4928
DOI:10.1119/1.4904240