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The electric fields of two plane electromagnetic plane waves in vacuum are given by
At 
, a particle of charge 
is at origin with a velocity 
is the speed of the light in vacuum). The instantaneous force experienced by the particle is:
A
B
C
D
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
B
JEE Main 2020
Magnetic field vectors associated with this electromagnetic wave are given by
by putting the value of 
The net Lorentz force on the charged particle is
at 
and at 
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