Writing the Faraday tensor for a particle in an E field

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Homework Statement



A particle of charge q and mass m is traveling in the lab with velocity v in the x direction when it encounters a constant E-field in the y direction. State the non zero components of the Faraday tensor in the rest frame of the lab.


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I said
[tex]E=E_{x}i + E_{y}j + E_{z}k[/tex]
As the field is in the y direction
[tex]E=E_{y}j[/tex]

Thus I believe the faraday tensot to have 2 non-zero components.
[tex]F^{02}=-E_{y}[/tex] and [tex]F^{20}=+E_{y}[/tex]

This does not seem right as the next part of the question asks for the equations of motion for the particle which I get out as a load of 0's.

Am I missing a magnetic component, and if so, how do I get it?

Regards
 
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Don't replace Ey with F01 + F10, if that's what your doing.
 
just realized i got the indicies wrong. Now the original post is correct.