Jerk, curvature and torsion in motion of charged  particle under electric and magnetic fields

dc.creator	A. Tan and M. Dokhanian
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:28:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:28:48Z
dc.identifier	1870-9095
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8405fc88ba234041ad4a03ffb8a8e7e1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30723
dc.description	The existence of the jerk vector and the resulting curvature and torsion are investigated in the motion of a charged particle under the influence uniform of electric and magnetic fields. It is shown that a uniform electric field, by itself,does not produce jerk and hence cannot create torsion. It produces curvature if the initial velocity of the charged particle has a component perpendicular to the electric field. A uniform magnetic field, on the other hand, produces jerk motion, and curvature and torsion of constant magnitudes. The perpendicular and parallel components of the initial velocity of the particle are responsible for the curvature and torsion, respectively. When electric and magnetic fields parallel with one another are present, they both contribute to curvature and torsion. The path is a helix which is continuously being stretched out. As a result, both curvature and torsion approach zero as time progresses.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.publisher	Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Latin American Physics Education Network
dc.relation	http://www.lajpe.org/dec11/LAJPE_588_Arjun_Tan_preprint_corr_f.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1870-9095
dc.source	Latin-American Journal of Physics Education, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 667-670 (2011)
dc.subject	Jerk vector
dc.subject	Curvature
dc.subject	Torsion
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Jerk, curvature and torsion in motion of charged particle under electric and magnetic fields
dc.type	article