At the Fermilab accelerator in Weston, Illinois, singly-charged ions with momentum 3.2 × 10^-16 kg×m/s are held in a circular orbit of radius 1 km by an upward magnetic field. What B-field must be used to maintain the ions in this orbit? (qion = 1.6 × 10^-19 C)

a. 4 T
c. 1 T
b. 2 T
d. 3 T


B

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