Pre-Quantum Electrodynamics
Magnetostaticsems.ms
- FLS II 13
- Gr 5
- PM 6
Prerequisites
- Mathematical Preliminaries
Objectives
- Know the Lorentz force law
- Know the continuity equation
- Know the Biot-Savart law
- Know the divergence of \({\bf B}\)
- Know the curl of \({\bf B}\) (Ampère's law)
- Know the relation between \({\bf B}\) and the vector potential \({\bf A}\)
- Know the expression for \({\bf A}\) in terms of source current densities
- Understand boundary conditions for the magnetic field and vector potential
- Understand the multipole expansion of the vector potential
- Know the expression for the magnetic dipole moment
- Understand the dipole term of the vector potential
In this section:
- Charges in Motion: the Lorentz Force Lawems.ms.lf
- Charge Conservation and the Continuity Equationems.ms.ce
- Steady Currents: the Biot-Savart Lawems.ms.BS
- Divergence and Curl of \({\bf B}\)ems.ms.dcB
- The Vector Potentialems.ms.vp
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