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Tutorial 3 Solutions
1. A long coaxial cable carries current I (the current flows down the surface of the inner
cylinder of radius a, and back along the outer cylinder of radius b). The two
conductors are maintained at a potential difference V.
Solution
The magnetic field is due to current I. There are surface charges residing on the
surface of the inner core due to current I, giving rise to a radial electric field E. The
exact value of is however a complicated function of how I distributes over the
material surface. Here we simply assume that the surface charge is per unit length.
λ 1
E ŝ
2πε0 s
0 I 1
B φ̂
2 s
The magnetic energy stored in a cylindrical shell of length l, radius s and radial thickness
ds is
2
1 0 I 0 I 2 l ds
2sdsl
2 0 2s 4 s
Integrating from a to b for the cylindrical volume, the magnetic energy in length l is
0 I 2l b
WB ln
4 a
Similarly the electric energy per in length l is
2 l b
WE ln
4 0 a
S
1
E B 2I 12
0 4 0 s
I I
b b
1 b
P S da S 2sds s ds 2 ln
a
2 0 a 0 a
b
b
1 b
V E dl s ds 2 ln
a
2 0 a 0 a
S da VI as Ohm’s law.
V
For real conductor, E is nonzero inside. E zˆ where V is the voltage drop (or
L
applied).
2. A small loop of wire (radius a) lies a distance z above the center of a large loop
(radius b), as shown.
θ’
z r
The planes of the two loops are parallel, and perpendicular to the common axis.
(a) Suppose current I flows in the big loop. Find the flux through the little
loop. The little loop is so small that you may consider the field of the big
loop to be essentially constant.
(b) Suppose current I flows in the little loop. Find the flux through the big
loop. The little loop is so small that you may treat it as a magnetic dipole.
Solution
0 I b2
B zˆ
2 (b 2 z 2 ) 3 / 2
where B is essentially constant in the small loop. The flux through the small loop
(area a2) is given by
0Ia 2 b 2
2(b 2 z 2 ) 3 / 2
0 m
B (2 cosrˆ sin θˆ )
4 r 3
where m = Ia2 is the magnetic dipole moment. Integrating over a spherical “cap”
bounded by the big loop and centered at the small loop, the flux is
0 Ia 2 0 Ia 2 '
B da
4 r 2 2r 0
2 cosr 2
sin dd 2 cosr 2 sin dd
3. A very long solenoid of radius a with N turns per unit length carries a current Is.
Coaxial with the solenoid is a circular conductor ring of radius b (b >> a) and
resistance R. When the current in the solenoid varies, a current Ir is induced in the
ring.
Solution
(a) Assuming that the field B is uniform within the slender solenoid,
d
(induced emf in the ring)
dt
Since flux a 2 B , B 0 nI s , I r R
(b) Deduced first the electric field at the surface of the solenoid.
d dI 1 dI
E dl E (2a ) 0a 2 n s E 0 an s ˆ .
dt dt 2 dt
The magnetic field at a ring of the solenoid (in blue) at the axis of thin solenoid at a
distance z above or below the plane of the ring is given by (see Eq. 5.28, p218 Griffiths):
0 I r b2
B zˆ
2 b 2 z 2 3 2
Assuming that B is nearly uniform across the cross-section (and same as B on the z-axis)
of the solenoid, the Poynting vector at the surface at a distance z above (a ring of the
solenoid in blue color, or below) the plane of the outer ring is:
an dI s 0 I r b2 2
S
1
E B 1 0 φˆ zˆ 1 I dI s ab n rˆ .
0 2 dt 2 b 2 z 2 3 2 dt b 2 z 2 3 2
0 r
0 4
Note in calculating S, we used the E due to Is but the radiating B was evaluated as due to
Ir, rather than due to Is. Hence the proof presented is not quite air-tight.
Total power from entire length of the solenoid is a sum of all the solenoidal rings.
1 dI 1
P S da S 2a dz 0 a 2 b 2 nI n s dx
2 dt b 2
z 2
3
2
z component of S
towards the ring
B E
z 1 1 2
Since the integral is 2
2 2
b 2
z b
2 2
b b b
dI
P 0 a 2 n s I r RI r I r I r R
2
dt
E y
B ey
x
Find the electromagnetic momentum in the space between the plates.
Solution
em 0 E B 0 EByˆ
p em 0 EBAdŷ
5. A point charge q is a distance a > R from the axis of an infinite solenoid (radius
R, n turns per unit length, current I). Find the linear momentum in the fields.
(Treat the solenoid as a nonconductor so that you don’t need to worry about the
induced charges on its surface).
q rˆ
Electric field of the point charge E where r = [(x-a), y, z]
4 0 r 2
z E
q B
E
x
y E
The momentum density is
q 1
P 0 ( E B ) 0 n 0 I (rˆ zˆ )
4 0 r 3
0 nqI
yxˆ ( x a)yˆ
4r 3
p Pd
0 nqI yxˆ ( x a)yˆ dxdydz
4 [( x a) 2 y 2 z 2 ]3 / 2
nqI ( x a)yˆ
0
4 [( x a) 2 y 2 z 2 ]3 / 2
dxdydz
z 2
[( x a ) y ]
2 2
( x a) x y
2 2 2 [( x a ) 2 y 2 ]
p
0 nqI
yˆ
x a dxdy
2 [( x a ) 2 y 2 ]
x s cos
y s sin
dxdy sdsd
[( x a ) 2 y 2 ] s 2 a 2 2sa cos
0 qnI s cos a
p yˆ 2 sdsd
2 s a 2 2sa cos
Now using
2
cos d 2 A
A B cos
0
B
(1
A B2
2
)
2
d 2 here
A B cos
0 A B2 2
A B 2 (a 2 s 2 ) ,
2