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Dept of Physics, IIT Kanpur PHY226b Relativistic Electrodynamics, HA-5 13 April 2014 1

Two parallel line charges moving at speed v in opposite directions create electric and magnetic fields. When viewed from a frame moving at v, the line charges appear stationary but with a net current. This current produces electric and magnetic fields matching those obtained through direct calculation. A charged capacitor tilted at an angle transforms between frames, with the electric field transforming as expected from relativity. Certain field quantities like E^2 - c^2B^2 remain invariant under Lorentz transformations between frames.

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Dept of Physics, IIT Kanpur PHY226b Relativistic Electrodynamics, HA-5 13 April 2014 1

Two parallel line charges moving at speed v in opposite directions create electric and magnetic fields. When viewed from a frame moving at v, the line charges appear stationary but with a net current. This current produces electric and magnetic fields matching those obtained through direct calculation. A charged capacitor tilted at an angle transforms between frames, with the electric field transforming as expected from relativity. Certain field quantities like E^2 - c^2B^2 remain invariant under Lorentz transformations between frames.

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Dept of Physics, IIT Kanpur

PHY226b Relativistic Electrodynamics , HA-5 13


th
April 2014
1. Two line charges with linear charge densities and lie along the x-axis of frame S . The
positive line is moving towards positive x-axis with speed v and the negative line is moving
towards negative x-axis also with speed v .
a) What are the electric and magnetic fields at the point (0, ,0) y .
b) Look at the line charges from a frame S moving towards right with speed v with respect
toS . Find the charge density and the net current in frame S .
[Ans.
2 2
2
1 /
v
I
v c

]
c) From the result in (b) find the electric and magnetic field in the frame S.
d) Use transformation equations to find E, B in S and check that they match with the
results in part (c).
2. A parallel-plate capacitor, at rest in S and tilted at a
0
45 angles to the
0
x axis, carries
charge densities
0
on the two plates . System ' S is moving to the right at speed v
relative to
0
S .
(a) Find
0
E the field in
0
S . [Ans.
0
0

( )
2
i j



(b) Find E ,the electric field in S . [Ans.
0

( )
2
i j


(c) What angle do the plates make with the x axis in S?
(d) Is the field perpendicular to the plates in S ? [Ans. No.]
3. Using , E B transformation laws, show that
2 2 2
E c B

and E Bdo not change as you
change to another inertial frame.
4. The electric and magnetic fields of an EM wave in a frame S are given as
=
0

sin( ) E j kx t E , =
0

sin( )
E
k kx t
C
B .
(a) Write , E B fields in S moving with respect to S in x-direction with velocity v .
(b) What is value of k , the wave number of the wave, as observed in S .
(c) What is value of , the angular frequency of the wave, as observed in S
(d) Write the expression for the Poynting vector

0
E B
in S and S .
[Ans. (b)
2
2 2 2 2
' , ( ) '
1 1
v
k
k
c
k c
v c v c

= =



5. Uniform magnetic and electric fields =
0

B k B and =
0

E j E exist in the frame S. A particle


is released from rest at the origin. Take
0 0
E cB < .
(a) What is the velocity of the frame S with respect to the given frame S in which the electric
field is zero?
(b) In this frame S , what is the equation of the path of the particle?
(c) Making Lorentz transform find x, y as a function of time in S . Write these equations in
the limit
0 0
E cB << .
6. A capacitor with a separation d between the plates is placed in a
laboratory and produces an electric field =
0

E j E between the
plates(Figure). Electrons are emitted with negligible velocity from
the lower plate. A uniform magnetic field =
0

B k B is applied to
prevent electrons reaching the positive plate. Analyze the motion
from the frame ' S moving with velocity
0
0

E
i
B
and find the
minimum value of
0
B needed. You can start with the assumption that E/B << c, and later
justify this assumption.
7. A region has electric and magnetic fields given by =
0

E j E and =
0

2
E
k
c
B . A particle
having charge q and mass m is released from rest at the origin at time = 0 t . (a) Find the
frame in which one of the fields is zero. (b) Check that there is no component of force in x-
direction in this frame. Is the x-component of velocity of the particle in this frame constant?
[Ans. Frame moving in x-direction at speed c/2, (b) No.]

E
y
x
z

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