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Cyclotron Frequency

Rotation frequency of a charge in a magnetic field.

Formula

f=qB2πmf = \frac{qB}{2\pi m}

Variables

qCharge
BField
mMass

Did You Know?

A charged particle's cyclotron frequency is independent of its speed, the insight that made particle accelerators possible.

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