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Engineering ElectromagneticsW.H. Hayt Jr. and J. A. Buck
Chapter 7:
The Steady agnetic !ield
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oti"ating the agnetic !ield Concept:
!orces Bet#een Currents
Ho# can #e descri$e a %orce %ield around #ire & that can $e used to determine the %orce on #ire '(
agnetic %orces arise #hene"er #e ha"e charges in motion. !orces $et#een current)carrying #ires
present %amiliar e*amples that #e can use to determine #hat a magnetic %orce %ield should look like:
Here are the easily)o$ser"ed %acts:
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agnetic !ieldThe geometry o% the magnetic %ield is set up to correctly model %orces $et#een currents that
allo# %or any relati"e orientation. The magnetic %ield intensity+ H+ circulates around its source+ I &+
in a direction most easily determined $y the right-hand rule: ,ight thum$ in the direction o% the
current+ %ingers curl in the direction o% H
-ote that in the third case perpendicular currents/+ I ' is in the same direction as H+ so that their
cross product and the resulting %orce/ is 0ero. The actual %orce computation in"ol"es a di%%erent
%ield 1uantity+ B+ #hich is related to H through B 2 µ 0H in %ree space. This #ill $e taken up in
a later lecture. 3ur immediate concern is ho# to %ind H %rom any gi"en current distri$ution.
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Biot)Sa"art 4a#
The Biot)Sa"art 4a# speci%ies the
magnetic %ield intensity+ H+ arising
%rom a 5point source6 current element
o% di%%erential length d L.
-ote in particular the in"erse)s1uare
distance dependence+ and the %act that
the cross product #ill yield a %ield "ector
that points into the page. This is a %ormal
statement o% the right)hand rule
Note the similarity to Coulomb’s Law+ in #hich
a point charge o% magnitude dQ& at oint & #ould
generate electric %ield at oint ' gi"en $y:
The units o% H are 8A9m
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agnetic !ield Arising !rom a Circulating Current
At point P, the magnetic %ield associated #ith
the di%%erential current element Id L is
The contri$ution to the %ield at P %rom any portion o% the current #ill $e ;ust the a$o"e integral e"alated
o"er ;ust that portion.
To determine the total %ield arising %rom the closed circuit path+
#e sum the contri$utions %rom the current elements that make up
the entire loop+ or
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T#o) and Three)
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E*ample o% the Biot)Sa"art 4a#
=n this e*ample+ #e e"aluate the magnetic %ield intensity on the y a*is e1ui"alently in the xy plane/
arising %rom a %ilament current o% in%inite length in on the z a*is.
>sing the dra#ing+ #e identi%y:
and so..
so that:
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E*ample: continued
We no# ha"e:
=ntegrate this o"er the entire #ire:
..a%ter carrying out the cross product
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E*ample: concluded
#e ha"e:
%inally:
Current is into the page.
agnetic %ield streamlines
are concentric circles+ #hose magnitudes
decrease as the in"erse distance %rom the z a*is
E"aluating the integral:
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!ield Arising %rom a !inite Current Segment=n this case+ the %ield is to $e %ound in the xy plane at oint '.
The Biot)Sa"art integral is taken o"er the #ire length:
..a%ter a %e# additional steps see ro$lem 7.?/+ #e %ind:
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Another E*ample: agnetic !ield %rom a
Current 4oopConsider a circular current loop o% radius a in the x-y plane+ #hich
carries steady current I. We #ish to %ind the magnetic %ield strength
any#here on the z a*is.
We #ill use the Biot)Sa"art 4a#:
#here:
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E*ample: Continued
Su$stituting the pre"ious e*pressions+ the Biot)Sa"art 4a# $ecomes:
carry out the cross products to %ind:
$ut #e must include the angle dependence in the radial
unit "ector:
#ith this su$stitution+ the radial component #ill integrate to 0ero+ meaning that all radial components #ill
cancel on the z a*is.
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E*ample: Continued
-o#+ only the z component remains+ and the integral
e"aluates easily:
-ote the %orm o% the numerator: the product o%
the current and the loop area. We de%ine this as
the magnetic moment :
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Ampere@s Circuital 4a#
Ampere@s Circuital 4a# states that the line integral o% H a$out any closed path
is e*actly e1ual to the direct current enclosed $y that path.
=n the %igure at right+ the integral o% H a$out closed paths a and b gi"es
the total current I, #hile the integral o"er path c gi"es only that portion
o% the current that lies #ithin c
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Ampere@s 4a# Applied to a 4ong Wire
ρ
Choosing path a, and integrating H around the circle
o% radius ρ gi"es the enclosed current+ I :
so that: as $e%ore.
Symmetry suggests that H #ill $e circular+ constant)"alued
at constant radius+ and centered on the current z / a*is.
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Coa*ial Transmission 4ine
=n the coa* line+ #e ha"e t#o concentric
solid conductors that carry e1ual and opposite
currents+ I.
The line is assumed to $e in%initely long+ and the
circular symmetry suggests that H #ill $e entirely
φ ) directed+ and #ill "ary only #ith radius ρ .
3ur o$;ecti"e is to %ind the magnetic %ield
%or all "alues o% ρ
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!ield Bet#een Conductors
The inner conductor can $e thought o% as made up o% a
$undle o% %ilament currents+ each o% #hich produces the
%ield o% a long #ire.
Consider t#o such %ilaments+ located at the same
radius %rom the z a*is+ ρ 1+ $ut #hich lie at symmetric
φ coordinates+ φ 1and )φ
1.Their %ield contri$utions
superpose to gi"e a net H φ component as sho#n. The
same happens %or e"ery pair o% symmetrically)located
%ilaments+ #hich taken as a #hole+ make up the entire
center conductor.
The %ield $et#een conductors is thus %ound to $e the same
as that o% %ilament conductor on the z a*is that carries current+ I. Speci%ically:
a
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!ield Within the =nner Conductor
With current uni%ormly distri$uted inside the conductors+ the H can $e assumed circular e"ery#here.
=nside the inner conductor+ and at radius ρ, #e again ha"e:
But no#+ the current enclosed is
so that or %inally:
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!ield 3utside Both Conducors
3utside the transmission line+ #here ρ c+
no current is enclosed $y the integration path+
and so
As the current is uni%ormly distri$uted+ and since #e
ha"e circular symmetry+ the %ield #ould ha"e to
$e constant o"er the circular integration path+ and so it
must $e true that:
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!ield =nside the 3uter Conductor
=nside the outer conductor+ the enclosed current consists
o% that #ithin the inner conductor plus that portion o% the
outer conductor current e*isting at radii less than ρ
Ampere@s Circuital 4a# $ecomes
..and so %inally:
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agnetic !ield Strength as a !unction o% ,adius in
the Coa* 4ine
Com$ining the pre"ious results+ and assigning dimensions as sho#n in the inset $elo#+ #e %ind:
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agnetic !ield Arising %rom a Current Sheet
!or a uni%orm plane current in the y direction+ #e e*pect an x)directed H %ield %rom symmetry.
Applying Ampere@s circuital la# to the path #e %ind:
or
=n other #ords+ the magnetic %ield is discontinuous across the current sheet $y the magnitude o% the sur%ace
current density.
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agnetic !ield Arising %rom a Current Sheet
=% instead+ the upper path is ele"ated to the line $et#een and + the same current is enclosed and #e #ould ha"e
%rom #hich #e conclude that
By symmetry+ the %ield a$o"e the sheet must $e
the same in magnitude as the %ield $elo# the sheet.
There%ore+ #e may state that
and
so the %ield is constant in each region a$o"e and $elo# the current plane/
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agnetic !ield Arising %rom a Current Sheet
The actual %ield con%iguration is sho#n $elo#+ in #hich magnetic %ield a$o"e the current sheet is
e1ual in magnitude+ $ut in the direction opposite to the %ield $elo# the sheet.
The %ield in either region is %ound $y the cross product:
#here a N is the unit "ector that is normal to thecurrent sheet+ and that points into the region in
#hich the magnetic %ield is to $e e"aluated.
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agnetic !ield Arising %rom T#o Current Sheets
Here are t#o parallel currents+ e1ual and opposite+ as you #ould %ind in a parallel)plate
transmission line. =% the sheets are much #ider than their spacing+ then the magnetic %ield
#ill $e contained in the region $et#een plates+ and #ill $e nearly 0ero outside.
K & 2 ) K y a y
K ' 2 ) K
ya
y
H x& z )d 9' /
H x& -d 9' z d 9' /
H x' -d 9' z d 9' /
H x' z )d 9' /
H x& z d 9' /
H x' z d 9' / These %ields cancel %or current sheets o%
in%inite #idth.
These %ields cancel %or current sheets o%
in%inite #idth.
These %ields are e1ual and add to gi"e
H 2 K x a N )d 9' z d 9' /
#here K is either K & or K '
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Current 4oop !ield
>sing the Biot)Sa"art 4a#+ #e pre"iously %ound the magnetic
%ield on the z a*is %rom a circular current loop:
We #ill no# use this result as a $uilding $lock
to construct the magnetic %ield on the a*is o%
a solenoid )) %ormed $y a stack o% identical current
loops+ centered on the z a*is.
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3n)A*is !ield Within a Solenoid
We consider the single current loop %ield as a di%%erential
contri$ution to the total %ield %rom a stack o% N closely)spaced
loops+ each o% #hich carries current I . The length o% the stack
solenoid/ is d, so there%ore the density o turns #ill $e N!d.
-o# the current in the turns #ithin a di%%erential length+ dz + #ill $e
z
-d! '
d! '
so that the pre"ious result %or H %rom a single loop:
no# $ecomes:
in #hich z is measured %rom the center o% the coil+
#here #e #ish to e"aluate the %ield.
We consider this as our di%%erential 5loop current6
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Solenoid !ield+ Continued
z
-d! '
d! '
The total %ield on the z a*is at z " #ill $e the sum o% the
%ield contri$utions %rom all turns in the coil )) or the integral
o% d H o"er the length o% the solenoid.
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Appro*imation %or 4ong Solenoids
z
-d! '
d! '
We no# ha"e the on)a*is %ield at the solenoid midpoint z 2 /:
-ote that %or long solenoids+ %or #hich + the
result simpli%ies to:
/
This result is "alid at all on)a*is positions deep #ithin long coils )) at distances %rom each end o% se"eral radii.
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Another =nterpretation: Continuous Sur%ace Current
The solenoid o% our pre"ious e*ample #as assumed to ha"e many tightly)#ound turns+ #ith se"eral
e*isting #ithin a di%%erential length+ dz . We could model such a current con%iguration as a continuous
sur%ace current o% density K 2 K a aφ A9m.
There%ore:
=n other #ords+ the on)a*is %ield magnitude near the center o% a cylindrical
current sheet+ #here current circulates around the z a*is+ and #hose length
is much greater than its radius+ is ;ust the sur%ace current density.
d! '
-d! '
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Solenoid !ield )) 3%%)A*is
To %ind the %ield #ithin a solenoid+ $ut o%% the z a*is+ #e apply Ampere@s Circuital 4a# in the %ollo#ing #ay:
The illustration $elo# sho#s the solenoid cross)section+ %rom a length#ise cut through the z a*is. Current in
the #indings %lo#s in and out o% the screen in the circular current path. Each turn carries current I. The magnetic
%ield along the z a*is is NI!d as #e %ound earlier.
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Application o% Ampere@s 4a#
Applying Ampere@s 4a# to the rectangular path sho#n $elo# leads to the %ollo#ing:
Where allo#ance is made %or the e*istence o% a radial H component+
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,adial ath Segments
The radial integrals #ill no# cancel+ $ecause they are oppositely)directed+ and $ecause in the long coil+
is not e*pected to di%%er $et#een the t#o radial path segments.
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Completing the E"aluation
What is le%t no# are the t#o z integrations+ the %irst o% #hich #e can e"aluate as sho#n. Since
this %irst integral result is e1ual to the enclosed current+ it must %ollo# that the second integral )) and
the outside magnetic %ield )) are 0ero.
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!inding the 3%%)A*is !ield
The situation does not change i% the lo#er z-directed path is raised a$o"e the z a*is. The "ertical
paths still cancel+ and the outside %ield is still 0ero. The %ield along the path # to $ is there%ore NI!d
as $e%ore.
Conclusion: The magnetic %ield #ithin a long solenoid is appro*imately constant throughout the coil
cross)section+ and is H z 2 NI!d .
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Toroid agnetic !ieldA toroid is a doughnut)shaped set o% #indings around a core material. The cross)section could $e
circular as sho#n here+ #ith radius a/ or any other shape.
Belo#+ a slice o% the toroid is sho#n+ #ith current
emerging %rom the screen around the inner periphery
in the positi"e z direction/. The #indings are modeled
as N indi"idual current loops+ each o% #hich carries current I.
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Ampere@s 4a# as Applied to a Toroid
Ampere@s Circuital 4a# can $e applied to a toroid $y taking a closed loop integral
around the circular contour % at radius ρ . agnetic %ield H is presumed to $e circular+
and a %unction o% radius only at locations #ithin the toroid that are not too close to the
indi"idual #indings. >nder this condition+ #e #ould assume:
Ampere@s 4a# no# takes the %orm:
so thatD.
er%orming the same integrals o"er contours dra#n
in the regions or #ill
lead to zero magnetic %ield there+ $ecause no current
is enclosed in either case.
This appro*imation impro"es as the density o% turns gets higher
using more turns #ith %iner #ire/.
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Sur%ace Current odel o% a Toroid
Consider a sheet current molded into a doughnut shape+ as sho#n.
The current density at radius crosses the xy plane in the z
direction and is gi"en in magnitude $y K a
Ampere@s 4a# applied to a circular contour % inside the
toroid as in the pre"ious e*ample/ #ill take the %orm:
leading toD
inside the toroidD. and the %ield is 0ero outside as $e%ore.
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Ampere@s 4a# as Applied to a Small Closed 4oop.
Consider magnetic %ield H e"aluated at the point
sho#n in the %igure. We can appro*imate the %ield
o"er the closed path &'F $y making appropriate
ad;ustments in the "alue o% H along each segment.
The o$;ecti"e is to take the closed path integral
and ultimately o$tain the point %orm o% Ampere@s 4a#.
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Appro*imation o% H Along 3ne Segment
Along path &)'+ #e may #rite:
#here:
And there%ore:
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Contri$utions o% y)
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Contri$utions o% x)
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-et Closed ath =ntegral
The total integral #ill no# $e the sum:
and using our pre"ious results+ the $ecomes:
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,elation to the Current
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3ther 4oop 3rientations
The same e*ercise can $e carried #ith the rectangular loop in the other t#o orthogonal orientations.
The results are:
4oop in yz plane:
4oop in xz plane:
4oop in xy plane:
This gi"es all three components o% the current density %ield.
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Curl o% a Gector !ield
The pre"ious e*ercise resulted in the rectangular coordinate representation o% the %url o% H.
=n general+ the curl o% a "ector %ield is another %ield that is normal to the original %ield.
The curl component in the direction N + normal to the plane o% the integration loop is:
The direction o% N is taken using the right)hand con"ention: With %ingers o% the right hand oriented
in the direction o% the path integral+ the thum$ points in the direction o% the normal or curl/.
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Curl in ,ectangular Coordinates
Assem$ling the results o% the rectangular loop integration e*ercise+ #e %ind the "ector %ield
that comprises curl H:
An easy #ay to calculate this is to e"aluate the %ollo#ing determinant:
#hich #e see is e1ui"alent to the cross product o% the del operator #ith the %ield:
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Curl in 3ther Coordinate Systems
Da little more complicated
4ook these up as neededD.
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Gisuali0ation o% Curl
Consider placing a small 5paddle #heel6 in a %lo#ing stream o% #ater+ as sho#n $elo#. The #heel
a*is points into the screen+ and the #ater "elocity decreases #ith increasing depth.
The #heel #ill rotate clock#ise+ and gi"e a curl component that points into the screen right)hand rule/.
ositioning the #heel at all three orthogonal orientations #ill yield measurements o%
all three components o% the curl. -ote that the curl is directed normal to $oth the %ield
and the direction o% its "ariation.
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Another a*#ell E1uation
=t has ;ust $een demonstrated that:
D..#hich is in %act one o% a*#ell@s e1uations %or static %ields:
This is Ampere@s Circuital 4a# in point %orm.
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D.and Another a*#ell E1uation
We already kno# that %or a static electric %ield:
This means that:
,ecall the condition %or a conser"ati"e %ield: that is+ its closed path integral is 0ero e"ery#here.
There%ore+ a %ield is conser"ati"e i% it has zero curl at all points o"er #hich the %ield is de%ined.
applies to a static electric %ield/
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Curl Applied to artitions o% a 4arge Sur%ace
Sur%ace & is paritioned into su$)regions+ each o% small area
The curl component that is normal to a sur%ace element can
$e #ritten using the de%inition o% curl:
or:
We no# apply this to e"ery partition on the sur%ace+ and add the resultsD.
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Adding the Contri$utions
.
Cancellation here:
We no# e"aluate and add the curl contri$utions
%rom all sur%ace elements+ and note that
ad;acent path integrals #ill all cancel
This means that the only contri$ution to the
o"erall path integral #ill $e around the outer
periphery o% sur%ace &.
No cancellation here:
>sing our pre"ious result+ #e no# #rite:
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Stokes@ Theorem
.
We no# take our pre"ious result+ and take the limit as
=n the limit+ this side
$ecomes the path integral
o% H o"er the outer perimeter
$ecause all interior paths
cancel
=n the limit+ this side
$ecomes the integral
o% the curl o% H o"er
sur%ace &
The result is Stokes@ Theorem
This is a "alua$le tool to ha"e at our disposal+ $ecause it gi"es us t#o #ays to e"aluate the same thing
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3$taining Ampere@s Circuital 4a# in =ntegral !orm+
using Stokes@ Theorem
Begin #ith the point %orm o% Ampere@s 4a# %or static %ields:
=ntegrate $oth sides o"er sur%ace & :
..in #hich the %ar right hand side is %ound %rom the le%t hand side
using Stokes@ Theorem. The closed path integral is taken around the
perimeter o% & . Again+ note that #e use the right)hand con"ention inchoosing the direction o% the path integral.
The center e*pression is ;ust the net current through sur%ace & +
so #e are le%t #ith the integral %orm o% Ampere@s 4a#:
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agnetic !lu* and !lu*
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A Iey roperty o% B
=% the %lu* is e"aluated through a closed sur%ace+ #e ha"e in the case o% electric %lu*+ auss@ 4a#:
=% the same #ere to $e done #ith magnetic %lu* density+ #e #ould %ind:
The implication is that %or our purposes/ there are no magnetic charges
)) speci%ically+ no point sources o magnetic ield exist . A hint o% this has already
$een o$ser"ed+ in that magnetic %ield lines al#ays close on themsel"es.
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Another a*#ell E1uation
We may re#rite the closed sur%ace integral o% B using the di"ergence theorem+ in #hich the
right hand integral is taken o"er the "olume surrounded $y the closed sur%ace:
Because the result is 0ero+ it %ollo#s that
This result is kno#n as auss@ 4a# %or the magnetic %ield in point %orm.
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a*#ell@s E1uations %or Static !ields
We ha"e no# completed the deri"ation o% a*#ell@s e1uations %or no time "ariation. =n point %orm+ these are:
auss@ 4a# %or the electric %ield
Conser"ati"e property o% the static electric %ield
Ampere@s Circuital 4a#
auss@ 4a# %or the agnetic !ield
#here+ in %ree space:
Signi%icant changes in the a$o"e %our
e1uations #ill occur #hen the %ields are
allo#ed to "ary #ith time+ as #e@ll see later.
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a*#ell@s E1uations in 4arge Scale !orm
The di"ergence theorem and Stokes@ theorem can $e applied to the pre"ious %our point %orm e1uations
to yield the integral %orm o% a*#ell@s e1uations %or static %ields:
auss@ 4a# %or the electric %ield
Conser"ati"e property o% the static electric %ield
Ampere@s Circuital 4a#
auss@ 4a# %or the magnetic %ield
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E*ample: agnetic !lu* Within a Coa*ial 4ine
d B
Consider a length d o% coa*+ as sho#n here. The magnetic %ield strength $et#een conductors is:
and so:
The magnetic %lu* is no# the integral o% B o"er the
%lat sur%ace $et#een radii a and b+ and o% length d along z :
The result is:
The coa* line thus 5stores6 this amount o% magnetic %lu* in the region $et#een conductors.
This #ill ha"e importance #hen #e discuss inductance in a later lecture.
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Scalar agnetic otential
We are already %amiliar #ith the relation $et#een the scalar electric potential and electric %ield:
So it is tempting to de%ine a scalar magnetic potential such that:
This rule must $e consistent #ith a*#ell@s e1uations+ so there%ore:
But the curl o% the gradient o% any %unction is identically 0ero There%ore+ the scalar magnetic potential
is "alid only in regions #here the current density is 0ero such as in %ree space/.
So #e de%ine scalar magnetic
potential #ith a condition:
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!urther ,e1uirements on the Scalar agnetic otential
The other a*#ell e1uation in"ol"ing magnetic %ield must also $e satis%ied. This is:
in %ree space
There%ore:
..and so the scalar magnetic potential satis%ies 4aplace@s e1uation again #ith the restriction
that current density must $e 0ero:
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E*ample: Coa*ial Transmission 4ine
With the center conductor current %lo#ing out o% the screen+ #e ha"e
Thus:
So #e sol"e:
.. and o$tain:
#here the integration constant has $een set to 0ero
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Am$iguities in the Scalar otential
The scalar potential is no#:
#here the potential is 0ero at
At point P / the potential is
But #ait As increases to
#e ha"e returned to the same physical location+ and
the potential has a ne# "alue o% ) I.
=n general+ the potential at P #ill $e multi"alued+ and #ill
ac1uire a ne# "alue a%ter each %ull rotation in the xy plane:
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3"ercoming the Am$iguity
Barrier at
To remo"e the am$iguity+ #e construct a mathematical $arrier at any "alue o% phi. The angle domain
cannot cross this $arrier in either direction+ and so the potential %unction is restricted to angles on either
side. =n the present case #e choose the $arrier to lie at so that
The potential at point P is no# single)"alued:
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Gector agnetic otential
We make use o% the a*#ell e1uation:
.. and the %act that the di"ergence o% the curl o% any "ector %ield is identically 0ero sho# this/
This leads to the de%inition o% the magnetic 'ector potential, A:
Thus:
and Ampere@s 4a# $ecomes
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E1uation %or the Gector otential
We start #ith:
Then+ introduce a "ector identity that de%ines the 'ector (aplacian:
>sing a lengthy/ procedure see Sec. 7.7/ it can $e pro"en that
We are there%ore le%t #ith
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The
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E*pressions %or otential
Consider a di%%erential elements+ sho#n here. 3n the le%t is a point charge represented $y a di%%erential length o% line charge. 3n the right is a di%%erential current element. The setups
%or o$taining potential are identical $et#een the t#o cases.
Line Charge Line Current
Scalar Electrostatic otential Gector agnetic otential
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eneral E*pressions %or Gector otential
!or large scale charge or current distri$utions+ #e #ould sum the di%%erential
contri$utions $y integrating o"er the charge or current+ thus:
and
The closed path integral is taken $ecause the current must
close on itsel% to %orm a complete circuit.
!or sur%ace or "olume current distri$utions+ #e #ould ha"e+ respecti"ely:
or
in the same manner that #e used %or scalar electric potential.
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E*ample
We continue #ith the di%%erential current element as sho#n here:
=n this case
$ecomes at point P :
-o#+ the curl is taken in cylindrical coordinates:
This is the same result as %ound using the Biot)Sa"art 4a# as it should $e/