The Biot-Savart law for a moving point charge $q$ with velocity $\vec{v}$ is given by $\vec{B} = \frac{\mu_0}{4\pi} \frac{q(\vec{v} \times \vec{r})}{r^3}$. This indicates that the magnetic field $\vec{B}$ produced by an electron moving with velocity $\vec{v}$ is such that:

  • A
    $\vec{B}$ is parallel to $\vec{v}$
  • B
    $\vec{B}$ is perpendicular to $\vec{v}$
  • C
    $\vec{B}$ is anti-parallel to $\vec{v}$
  • D
    $\vec{B}$ is inclined to $\vec{v}$ by $45^\circ$

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