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A neutral particle is at rest in a uniform magnetic field B\mathbf{B} . At time t=0t = 0 , it decays into two charged particles, each of mass mm . a. If the charge of one of the particles is +q+q , what is the charge of the other? b. The two particles move off in separate paths, both of them lie in the plane perpendicular to B\mathbf{B} . At a later time, the particles collide. Express the time from decay until collision in terms of mm , BB and qq .

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