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===== Project 8 =====
==== Project 8A: Detecting magnetic fields ====

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An experimental magnetic field detector has been constructed outside of the town of Lakeview. Although the purpose of the detector is largely unknown to the townsfolk of Lakeview you and your team have been recruited to develop a magnetic field detector that is able to detect Hawkions. Hawkions are like muons, but are slow-moving and have long lifetimes. They are a newly discovered top secret particles that the data from the probe from Artemis 13 discovered is bombarding the Lakeview area. You have a somewhat constructed model, in which the Hawkions follow a straight line trajectory, but it looks like there are some pieces of code that the team wasn't sure what to do with. You will need to select a few locations to model the magnetic field due to the Hawkions and produce arrows that represent the Hawkion's magnetic field. Best hurry, the government needs more information about the Hawkions particle before it is too late.

<code python>

## Scene setup
scene.background = color.white
 
## Parameters and Initial Conditions
velocity = vector(1,0,0)
 
## Objects
charge = sphere(pos=vector(-2,0,0), radius=0.1, color=color.blue)
xaxis = cylinder(pos=vector(-3,0,0), axis=vector(6,0,0), radius = 0.01, color=color.black)
yaxis = cylinder(pos=vector(0,-3,0), axis=vector(0,6,0), radius = 0.01, color=color.black)
zaxis = cylinder(pos=vector(0,0,-3), axis=vector(0,0,6), radius = 0.01, color=color.black) 
 
## Calculation Loop
 
t = 0
dt = 0.01
 
while t < 5:
 
    rate(100)
 
    charge.pos = charge.pos + velocity*dt
    
    t = t + dt
    
    
## Not sure what to do with these

##p = sphere(pos=vector(-1,-1,0), radius = 0.1, color=color.cyan) 
##Barrow = arrow(color=color.red)
##Barrow.pos = p.pos
##Barrow.axis = vector(0,0,0) 
</code>

<WRAP info>
=== Learning Goals ===
  * Visualize the magnetic field from a single moving charge
  * Use the right hand rule to predict the direction of the magnetic field
  * Understand how to use a cross product conceptually and mathematically
  * Explain the similarities and differences between electric and magnetic fields 
</WRAP>



==== Project 8B: Sorting Hawkions ====
Since your team was so successful at creating the magnetic field detector for the Hawkions, the Lakeviewians have now hired you to analyze other characteristics of the Hawkions. The Hawkions appear to have a variety of masses, so you start by trying to sort the Hawkions by mass for further analysis (using a mass spectrometer). Before building the spectrometer, your team is asked to develop a model of the spectrometer to determine where the magnetic field should be relative to the catching plate, which stops the Hawkions. Below is the beginning of a model that was developed by another team that mysteriously disappeared.

<code python>
GlowScript 2.6 VPython


## Model parameters
B = vec(0,0,-2)
magconstant = 1e-7

## Objects
magplateN =  box(pos=vec(1,0,1), length=2, height=2, width=0.1, opacity=0.2)
magplateS =  box(pos=vec(1,0,-1), length=2, height=2, width=0.1, opacity=0.2)
catchingplate = box(pos=vec(4,0,0), length=0.1, height=10, width=10, opacity=1)
xaxis = cylinder(pos=vector(-3,0,0), axis=vector(6,0,0), radius = 0.05, color=color.white)
yaxis = cylinder(pos=vector(0,-3,0), axis=vector(0,6,0), radius = 0.05, color=color.white)
zaxis = cylinder(pos=vector(0,0,-3), axis=vector(0,0,6), radius = 0.05, color=color.white)


## Set up particles
i = 0
N = 20
particleList = []

while i < N:
    
    particleList.append(sphere(pos=vec(-2-4*random(),0,0), radius = 0.1, m = 20*(random()+1), v = vec(2,0,0), q = 10, color=color.red))
    i = i + 1

## Calculation Loop
t = 0
dt = 0.01

while t < 30:
    
    rate(300)
    
    for thisParticle in particleList:
        
        thisParticle.pos = thisParticle.pos + thisParticle.v*dt
    
        
        if thisParticle.pos.x > catchingplate.pos.x:
        
            thisParticle.v = vector(0,0,0)
        
    t = t + dt
</code>

<WRAP Info>
=== Learning Goals ===
  * Use the right hand rule to relate the charge's velocity and external magnetic field to the force on that charge.
  * Use circular motion to relate the radius of the particle's trajectory to it's force
  * Understand what an "if statement" does in the code
</WRAP>