What is an “arc of a helix”?

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I'm studying the trajectory of a subatomic particle inside a magnetic field, and I keep reading that it follows the track of an "arc of helix". But I can't seem to find the meaning of the "arc" of an helix on the internet.
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    An arc of a helix is to a helix as an arc of a circle to a circle. Do you know what an arc of a circle is?
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    Yes, of course. So that was really, easy... Thanks for taking the time to answer.
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I'm studying the trajectory of a subatomic particle inside a magnetic field, and I keep reading that it follows the track of an "arc of helix". But I can't seem to find the meaning of the "arc" of an helix on the internet.
Anyone to point me to the right direction ?




geometry differential-geometry arc-length




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    An arc of a helix is to a helix as an arc of a circle to a circle. Do you know what an arc of a circle is?
    – Michael Hardy
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    Yes, of course. So that was really, easy... Thanks for taking the time to answer.
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I'm studying the trajectory of a subatomic particle inside a magnetic field, and I keep reading that it follows the track of an "arc of helix". But I can't seem to find the meaning of the "arc" of an helix on the internet.
Anyone to point me to the right direction ?




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I'm studying the trajectory of a subatomic particle inside a magnetic field, and I keep reading that it follows the track of an "arc of helix". But I can't seem to find the meaning of the "arc" of an helix on the internet.
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    An arc of a helix is to a helix as an arc of a circle to a circle. Do you know what an arc of a circle is?
    – Michael Hardy
    2 days ago






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    Yes, of course. So that was really, easy... Thanks for taking the time to answer.
    – Crabos
    2 days ago












  • 1




    An arc of a helix is to a helix as an arc of a circle to a circle. Do you know what an arc of a circle is?
    – Michael Hardy
    2 days ago






  • 1




    Yes, of course. So that was really, easy... Thanks for taking the time to answer.
    – Crabos
    2 days ago







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An arc of a helix is to a helix as an arc of a circle to a circle. Do you know what an arc of a circle is?
– Michael Hardy
2 days ago




An arc of a helix is to a helix as an arc of a circle to a circle. Do you know what an arc of a circle is?
– Michael Hardy
2 days ago




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Yes, of course. So that was really, easy... Thanks for taking the time to answer.
– Crabos
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Yes, of course. So that was really, easy... Thanks for taking the time to answer.
– Crabos
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A particle creates an arc of a helix when it has two non-zero velocity component $V_x$ and $V_y$.
The $x$ component forces the particle to move in the straight line because it doesn't feel any force due to the magnetic field but the $y$ component does and moves in a circular motion so the particle follows the path of a helix
The Helix can be uniform as well as nonuniform it depends on the velocity that is parallel to the magnetic field if the velocity is constant and nonzero helix is uniform but if the velocity is not constant the helix is nonuniform.



here is the diagram of the helix



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A particle creates an arc of a helix when it has two non-zero velocity component $V_x$ and $V_y$.
The $x$ component forces the particle to move in the straight line because it doesn't feel any force due to the magnetic field but the $y$ component does and moves in a circular motion so the particle follows the path of a helix
The Helix can be uniform as well as nonuniform it depends on the velocity that is parallel to the magnetic field if the velocity is constant and nonzero helix is uniform but if the velocity is not constant the helix is nonuniform.



here is the diagram of the helix



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A particle creates an arc of a helix when it has two non-zero velocity component $V_x$ and $V_y$.
The $x$ component forces the particle to move in the straight line because it doesn't feel any force due to the magnetic field but the $y$ component does and moves in a circular motion so the particle follows the path of a helix
The Helix can be uniform as well as nonuniform it depends on the velocity that is parallel to the magnetic field if the velocity is constant and nonzero helix is uniform but if the velocity is not constant the helix is nonuniform.



here is the diagram of the helix



enter image description here






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A particle creates an arc of a helix when it has two non-zero velocity component $V_x$ and $V_y$.
The $x$ component forces the particle to move in the straight line because it doesn't feel any force due to the magnetic field but the $y$ component does and moves in a circular motion so the particle follows the path of a helix
The Helix can be uniform as well as nonuniform it depends on the velocity that is parallel to the magnetic field if the velocity is constant and nonzero helix is uniform but if the velocity is not constant the helix is nonuniform.



here is the diagram of the helix



enter image description here






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A particle creates an arc of a helix when it has two non-zero velocity component $V_x$ and $V_y$.
The $x$ component forces the particle to move in the straight line because it doesn't feel any force due to the magnetic field but the $y$ component does and moves in a circular motion so the particle follows the path of a helix
The Helix can be uniform as well as nonuniform it depends on the velocity that is parallel to the magnetic field if the velocity is constant and nonzero helix is uniform but if the velocity is not constant the helix is nonuniform.



here is the diagram of the helix



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