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Electromagnetic gyration
Gyration (helical rotation) of a particle of charge qq inside an electric (EE) and magnetic (BB) field is due to the combined effect of Coulomb force and Lorentz force. The equation of motion of this particle can be written as:
mdvdt=q(E+v×B)mdvdt=q(E+v×B)
where mm is the mass of the particle and vv is its velocity. If there is no electric field, this equation will contain only the Lorentz force part. Then taking the dot product of the velocity with the two sides gives:
mdvdt⋅v=q(v×B)⋅v ⇒ fracddt(12mv2)=0mdvdt⋅v=q(v×B)⋅v ⇒ fracddt(12mv2)=0
Because v⋅(v×B)=0v⋅(v×B)=0 and both sides are divided by two. That means the kinetic energy (mv2/2mv2/2) and the magnitude of the velocity (speed) of this particle are both constant. A static magnetic field can never change the kinetic energy of a particle.
In a constant magnetic field along the z-axis, B=Bhatk and the three components in the equation of motion are then
m˙vx=qBvym˙vy=−qBvxm˙vz=0
where ˙vx=dvx/dt is the first derivative; Same for three components. The last equation states that the z-component of the velocity in the direction parallel to the magnetic field is constant. Differentiating the first equation again gives the second derivative like this.
m¨vx=qB˙vy=qB(−qBvx/m)⇒¨vx=−(qBm)2vx=−ω2gvx
where ωg=(qB/m) is the gyrofrequency or cyclotron frequency.