Calculate the cyclotron frequency and the cyclotron radius for: (a) An electron in the Earth's ionosphere at
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Calculate the cyclotron frequency and the cyclotron radius for:
(a) An electron in the Earth's ionosphere at 300 km altitude, where the magnetic flux density B ≃ 0.5 * 10–4 tesla, considering that the electron moves at the thermal velocity (kT/m), with T = 1000 K, where k is Boltzmann's constant.
(b) A 50 MeV proton in the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt at about 1.5 RE (where RE = 6370 km is the Earth's radius) from the center of the Earth in the equatorial plane, considering B ≃ 10–5 tesla.
(c) A 1 MeV electron in the Earth's outer Van Allen radiation belt at about 4 RE from the center of the Earth in the equatorial plane, where B ≃ 10–7 tesla.
(d) A proton in the solar wind with a streaming velocity of 100 km/s, in a magnetic flux density B ≃ 10–9 tesla.
(e) A 1 MeV proton in a sunspot region of the solar photosphere, considering B ≃ 0.1 tesla.
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