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This homework assignment contains 4 physics textbook problems about electromagnetism to solve: 1) Finding the vector potential and magnetic flux density inside and outside a uniformly charged spinning sphere. 2) Calculating the magnetic flux density for points in space around a hollow cylinder placed in a uniform magnetic field, with varying permeability. 3) Describing the magnetic field and scalar potential for two parallel current-carrying wires, both with and without a surrounding steel cylinder, and determining the shielding effect of the cylinder. 4) Finding the augmented magnetic field and "image" current loop radius for a real current loop centered in a spherical cavity in a large block of soft iron.

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F07 hw08

This homework assignment contains 4 physics textbook problems about electromagnetism to solve: 1) Finding the vector potential and magnetic flux density inside and outside a uniformly charged spinning sphere. 2) Calculating the magnetic flux density for points in space around a hollow cylinder placed in a uniform magnetic field, with varying permeability. 3) Describing the magnetic field and scalar potential for two parallel current-carrying wires, both with and without a surrounding steel cylinder, and determining the shielding effect of the cylinder. 4) Finding the augmented magnetic field and "image" current loop radius for a real current loop centered in a spherical cavity in a large block of soft iron.

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Physics 505 Fall 2007

Homework Assignment #8 — Due Thursday, November 8

Textbook problems: Ch. 5: 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16

5.13 A sphere of radius a carries a uniform surface-charge distribution σ. The sphere is


rotated about a diameter with constant angular velocity ω. Find the vector potential
and magnetic-flux density both inside and outside the sphere.

5.14 A long, hollow, right circular cylinder of inner (outer) radius a (b), and of relative
permeability µr , is placed in a region of initially uniform magnetic-flux density B ~ 0 at
right angles to the field. Find the flux density at all points in space, and sketch the
logarithm of the ratio of the magnitudes of B ~ on the cylinder axis to B
~ 0 as a function
2 2
of log10 µr for a /b = 0.5, 0.1. Neglect end effects.

5.15 Consider two long, straight wires, parallel to the z axis, spaced a distance d apart and
carrying currents I in opposite directions. Describe the magnetic field H ~ in terms of
a magnetic scalar potential ΦM , with H~ = −∇Φ ~ M.
a) If the wires are parallel to the z axis with positions, x = ±d/2, y = 0, show
that in the limit of small spacing, the potential is approximately that of a two-
dimensional dipole
Id sin φ
ΦM ≈ − + O(d2 /ρ2 )
2πρ
where ρ and φ are the usual polar coordinates.
b) The closely spaced wires are now centered in a hollow right circular cylinder of
steel, of inner (outer) radius a (b) and magnetic permeability µ = µr µ0 . Deter-
mine the magnetic scalar potential in the three regions, 0 < ρ < a, a < ρ < b,
and ρ > b. Show that the field outside the steel cylinder is a two-dimensional
dipole field, as in part a, but with a strength reduced by the factor

4µr b2
F =
(µr + 1)2 b2 − (µr − 1)2 a2

Relate your result to Problem 5.14.


c) Assuming that µr  1, and b = a + t, where the thickness t  b, write down
an approximate expression for F and determine its numerical value for µr = 200
(typical of steel at 20 G), b = 1.25 cm, t = 3 mm. The shielding effect is relevant
for reduction of stray fields in residential and commercial 60 Hz, 110 or 220 V
wiring. [The figure illustrates the shielding effect for a/b = 0.9, µr = 100.]
5.16 A circular loop of wire of radius a and negligible thickness carries a current I. The
loop is centered in a spherical cavity of radius b > a in a large block of soft iron.
Assume that the relative permeability of the iron is effectively infinite and that of the
medium in the cavity, unity.
a) In the approximation of b  a, show that the magnetic field at the center of the
loop is augmented by a factor (1 + a3 /2b3 ) by the presence of the iron.
b) What is the radius of the “image” current loop (carrying the same current) that
simulates the effect of the iron for r < b?

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