Physics · Moving Charges and Magnetic Field

JEE Main 2025 — 28 January, Morning Shift — Question 54

Consider a long thin conducting wire carrying a uniform current I. A particle having mass " M " and charge " q " is released at a distance " a " from the wire with a speed v_o along the direction of current in the wire. The particle gets attracted to the wire due to magnetic force. The particle turns round when it is at distance x from the wire. The value of x is [ μ_0 is vacuum permeability]

  1. Option A:

    a[1−mvo2qμ0I]a\left[ 1-\frac{m{{v}_{o}}}{2q{{\mu }_{0}}I} \right]

  2. Option B:

    a2\frac{a}{2}

  3. Option C:

    a[1−mvoqμ0I]a\left[ 1-\frac{m{{v}_{o}}}{q{{\mu }_{0}}I} \right]

  4. Option D:

    e−4πmv0qμI{{\text{e}}^{\frac{-4\pi m{{v}_{0}}}{\text{q}\mu \text{I}}}}

    Correct

Answer: D

Step-by-step solution

A→B\text{A}\to \text{B} V⃗=−vxi +vyj \vec{V}=-{{v}_{x}}\overset{}{\mathop{i}}\,+{{v}_{y}}\overset{}{\mathop{j}}\, vecB=μ0I2πr(−k )\text{vec{B}}=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{I}}{2\pi \text{r}}\left( -\overset{\text{}}{\mathop{\text{k}}}\, \right) \text{vec{F}}=\text{q}\left( \text{\vec{v}}\times \text{\vec{B}} \right)=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{r}}\left[ -{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}\overset{\text{}}{\mathop{\text{j}}}\,-{{\text{v}}_{\text{y}}}\overset{\text{}}{\mathop{\text{i}}}\, \right] ax=−μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ m⋅vyr{{\text{a}}_{\text{x}}}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\cdot \frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{y}}}}{\text{r}} ay=−μ0Iq2πm⋅vxr{{a}_{y}}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}Iq}{2\pi m}\cdot \frac{{{v}_{x}}}{r} vxdvxdr=−μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ mvyr\frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}\text{d}{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}}{\text{dr}}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{y}}}}{\text{r}} vxdvxvy=−μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ mdrr\frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}\text{d}{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}}{{{\text{v}}_{\text{y}}}}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\frac{\text{dr}}{\text{r}} ∫0v0vxdxvxv02−vx2=−μ0IIqx12πm∫adrr\int _{0}^{{{v}_{0}}}\frac{{{v}_{x}}{{d}^{x}}{{v}_{x}}}{\sqrt{v_{0}^{2}-v_{x}^{2}}}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}II{{q}^{{{x}_{1}}}}}{2\pi m}{{\int }_{a}}\frac{dr}{r} Let, z2=v0 2−vx 2{{z}^{2}}={{v}_{0}}{{~}^{2}}-{{v}_{x}}{{~}^{2}} 2zdz=−2vxdvx2\text{zdz}=-2{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}\text{d}{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}} zdz=−vxdxzdz=-{{v}_{x}}{{d}_{x}} vxdvxv02−vx2=−zdzz=−dz\frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}\text{d}{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}}{\sqrt{\text{v}_{0}^{2}-\text{v}_{\text{x}}^{2}}}=\frac{-\text{zdz}}{\text{z}}=-\text{dz} then integral becomes −∫v00dz=−μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ mlnx1a-\int _{{{\text{v}}_{0}}}^{0}\text{dz}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\text{ln}\frac{{{\text{x}}_{1}}}{\text{a}} v0=−μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ mlnx1a{{\text{v}}_{0}}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\text{ln}\frac{{{\text{x}}_{1}}}{\text{a}} X1=ae−2πmv0μ0Iq{{\text{X}}_{1}}=\text{a}{{\text{e}}^{-\frac{2\pi \text{m}{{\text{v}}_{0}}}{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}}} For B→C\text{B}\to \text{C} v⃗=−vxi −vyj \vec{v}=-{{v}_{x}}\overset{}{\mathop{i}}\,-{{v}_{y}}\overset{}{\mathop{j}}\, \text{\vec{B}}=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{I}}{2\pi \text{r}}\left( -\overset{\text{}}{\mathop{\text{k}}}\, \right) F⃗=q(v⃗×B⃗)=μ0Iq2πr(−vxj +vyi )\vec{F}=q\left( \vec{v}\times \vec{B} \right)=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}Iq}{2\pi r}\left( -{{v}_{x}}\overset{}{\mathop{j}}\,+{{v}_{y}}\overset{}{\mathop{i}}\, \right) ax=+μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ mvyr  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ ay=−μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ m⋅vxr{{\text{a}}_{\text{x}}}=+\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{y}}}}{\text{r}}\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }{{\text{a}}_{\text{y}}}=-\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\cdot \frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}}{\text{r}} vxdvxdr=μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ mvyr\frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}\text{d}{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}}{\text{dr}}=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\frac{{{\text{v}}_{\text{y}}}}{\text{r}} ∫v00vxdvxv02−vx2=μ0Iq2πm∫x1xdrr\int _{{{v}_{0}}}^{0}\frac{{{v}_{x}}\text{d}{{\text{v}}_{\text{x}}}}{\sqrt{\text{v}_{0}^{2}-\text{v}_{\text{x}}^{2}}}=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi m}\int _{{{\text{x}}_{1}}}^{\text{x}}\frac{\text{dr}}{\text{r}} μ0Iq2π  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ mlnxx1=−∫0v0dz=−v0\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}{2\pi \text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}}\text{ln}\frac{\text{x}}{{{\text{x}}_{1}}}=-\int _{0}^{{{\text{v}}_{0}}}\text{dz}=-{{\text{v}}_{0}} x=x1e−2πmv0μ0Iq…\text{x}={{\text{x}}_{1}}{{\text{e}}^{-\frac{2\pi \text{m}{{\text{v}}_{0}}}{{{\mu }_{0}}\text{Iq}}}}\ldots From equation 1 and 2 X=ae−4πmv0μ0IqX=a{{e}^{-\frac{4\pi \text{m}{{\text{v}}_{0}}}{{{\mu }_{0}}{{\text{I}}_{\text{q}}}}}}

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Moving Charges and Magnetic Field
Topic
Motion of Charged Particles in Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields