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Show that trajectory of an electron inside a perpendicular electric field is a parabola.
written 7.9 years ago by gravatar for neeta.vanage neeta.vanage • 880 modified 3.9 years ago by gravatar for pedsangini276 pedsangini276 • 4.8k

Subject: Applied Physics 2

Topic: Motion Of Charged Particles In Electric And Magnetic Fields

Difficulty: Medium
engineering physics
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written 7.8 years ago by gravatar for neeta.vanage neeta.vanage • 880

consider two plates with length ‘l’ and separated by a distance ‘d’. The upper plate is having positive charge and the lower plate is having negative charge,Initially electrons travel in x direction with velocity $u_x$ .As soon it enters the field, electron being negatively charged experiences acceleration towards the positive …

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