Consider the motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field.

Let us take the case where the particles velocity is in the plane of the screen and the uniform magnetic field points out of the screen:

B-field
(tips of arrows)

Result: uniform circular motion

Fmag v

Fmag
v

In this case, we have uniform circular motion with the centripetal acceleration supplied by the magnetic force:

Fm ag qvB sin qvB sin90 qvB

m v2 Fcentrip r

where r is the radius of the circular path

Fm ag Fcentrip

m v2 qvB r
r

mv r qB

Fmag

Ph 2B Lectures by George M. Fuller, UCSD