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Helicoid

Learning objectives

  • To see how a charged particule turns around the magnetic field lines.
  • To introduce some related phenomena, like the Aurora Borealis or magnetic confinement in controlled nuclear fusion projects (tokamak, ITER).

Motion of a negatively charged particle in a magnetic field.

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