Here are some applets that help visualize the problem, do they appear to be accurate?
http://www.falstad.com/vector3de/
http://www.falstad.com/vector3dm/
Ok, let's ignore the force balancing and reduce the problem to one moving charged particle.
First, I guess I don't understand how...
I have been thinking about this problem for a few days and it's been keeping me up; I must be missing something, I just don't know what. I would appreciate anyone shedding some light on this:
Assume an inertial frame of reference and all external fields are negligible.
1. Say you have...