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Force on Charged Particle in Electromagnetic Wave
The electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave is given by
→
E
=
E
0
^
i
+
^
j
√
2
cos
(
k
z
+
ω
t
)
At
t
=
0
, a positively charged particle is at the point
(
x
,
y
,
z
)
=
(
0
,
0
,
π
k
)
. If its instantaneous velocity at
(
t
=
0
)
is
υ
0
^
k
, the force acting on it due to the wave is :
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SELECT ONE OPTION
A
zero
B
parallel to
^
i
+
^
j
√
2
C
antiparallel to
^
i
+
^
j
√
2
D
parallel to
^
k
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