A deuteron in a large cyclotron in a magnetic field with B = 1.5 T and a radius of passage of 2.0 m. Due to a grazing collision with a target, the deuteron breaks apart, with a negligible loss of kinetic energy, into a proton and a neutron. Assume that the energy of the deuteron is shared equally by the protons and neutrons when the deuteron breaks apart. Determine the motion of the protons and neutrons respectively.

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A deuteron in a large cyclotron in a magnetic field with B = 1.5 T and a radius of passage of 2.0 m.
Due to a grazing collision with a target, the deuteron breaks apart, with a negligible loss of kinetic
energy, into a proton and a neutron. Assume that the energy of the deuteron is shared equally by
the protons and neutrons when the deuteron breaks apart. Determine the motion of the protons
and neutrons respectively.
Transcribed Image Text:A deuteron in a large cyclotron in a magnetic field with B = 1.5 T and a radius of passage of 2.0 m. Due to a grazing collision with a target, the deuteron breaks apart, with a negligible loss of kinetic energy, into a proton and a neutron. Assume that the energy of the deuteron is shared equally by the protons and neutrons when the deuteron breaks apart. Determine the motion of the protons and neutrons respectively.
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