(February 1, 2022 at 4:33 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: I guess you deleted a quote tag and the formatting is messed up. The forum software should not allow an unpaired quote tag.
I think I understand. A neutron has 2 poles, sort of like a bar magnetic.
Aren't electrons and protons dipoles as well?
No. Electrons are electric monopoles and have no magnetic moment at all.
Quote:But the shape of the magnetic field around a beam of electrons/proton is circular and perpendicular. So, it is possible to use a uniform magnetic field to exert a force on a beam of electron/proton.
Source:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hba...agcur.html
Yes. The 'shape' of the magnetic field around any current is circular around the direction of the current.
And, yes, a magnetic field produces a force on a moving charge. But this is NOT due to the interaction of the magnetic fields. It is a direct action of the magnetic field on a moving charge. Look up the Lorentz force law.
Quote:So, perhaps, that is the shape of the magnetic field around each individual electron.
This would also mean that one electron pushes on another electron because of the individual magnetic field and their individual charge. So a beam of eletron always diverges.
A beam of electrons will diverge because of the *electric* force being repulsive between two like charges. That is NOT due to any magnetic field.
