Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 37 - Relativity - Problems - Page 1148: 53b

Answer

$T$ is not independent of $v$

Work Step by Step

$r = \frac{\gamma~m~v}{\vert q \vert ~B}$ We can find an expression for the period: $T = \frac{2\pi~r}{v}$ $T = \frac{(2\pi)~\frac{\gamma~m~v}{\vert q \vert ~B}}{v}$ $T = \frac{2\pi~\gamma~m}{\vert q \vert ~B}$ Note that $~~\gamma = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-(v/c)^2}}$ Since $\gamma$ depends on $v$, then the period $T$ also depends on $v$ Therefore, $T$ is not independent of $v$
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