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Hi guys just a quick question. I was thinking of building a fairly simple solar storm detector, something similar to this http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/detectors/compass I was just wondering if the effects that the solar wind has on the shape of the Earth's magnetic field, such as the...

Homework Statement Piece of homework I am stuck on. I have to calculate the magnetic field required to maintain protons at 7Tev in the LHC which has a radius of 27 km. I also have to work out the cyclotron frequency as well. Homework Equations 7 x 10^15 = mc^2/√(1-v^2/c^2) - mc^2...