Two hollow spheres of radius R=10\,\mathrm{cm}
R=10cm are made of copper and connected with a cylindrical copper rod of length L=1\,\mathrm{m}
L=1m and radius r=1\,\mathrm{mm}
r=1mm. The total mass of this dumbbell-like system is m=150\,\mathrm{g}
m=150g. The entire system is in a very strong magnetic field B=2\,\mathrm{MT}
B=2MT which is perpendicular to the rod. This “dumbbell” is given an initial velocity v=1\,\mathrm{m/s}
v=1m/s which is parallel to the direction of the rod. However, this orientation is unstable: the “dumbbell” will start oscillating; eventually, these oscillations decay so that the “dumbbell” will take a stable orientation and a new final speed u
u. Find an expression for this terminal speed u
u analytically and evaluate it numerically. The “dumbbell” moves in weightlessness in a total vacuum.
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