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JEE Advanced 2021 · Paper 1, Physics question 17

An α\alpha-particle (mass 4 amu) and a singly charged sulfur ion (mass 32 amu) are initially at rest. They are accelerated through a potential VV and then allowed to pass into a region of uniform magnetic field which is normal to the velocities of the particles. Within this region, the α\alpha-particle and the sulfur ion move in circular orbits of radii rαr_\alpha and rSr_S, respectively. The ratio (rS/rα)(r_S/r_\alpha) is ____.

Answer and worked solution

Official answer: 4

Radius. After acceleration through VV, 12mv2=qV\frac12mv^2=qV, so
r=mvqB=2mqVqB∝mq.r=\frac{mv}{qB}=\frac{\sqrt{2mqV}}{qB}\propto\sqrt{\frac mq}.

Ratio.
rSrα=32/14/2=16=4.\frac{r_S}{r_\alpha}=\sqrt{\frac{32/1}{4/2}}=\sqrt{16}=4.