Two protons are going up when they enter a magnetic field that points toward you. what happens to the motion of the particles

Force on a proton when they are moving inside the magnetic field is given by

so here while protons are going upwards we can say its direction of velocity is towards +Y and magnetic field is towards us which is along +Z direction so they will have force due to this motion.

As per above equation of force we can have direction of force which is along +X direction.

So here both proton will bend towards +X direction and start moving in curved path.

answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases . this process does not change the mass number.

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.