L15 Magnetic Field of Currents Biot-Savart
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Lecture 15. Magnetic Fields of Moving Charges and Currents
Outline:
Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge. Magnetic Field of Currents. Interaction between Two Wires with Current.
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Lecture 14:
Hall Effect. Magnetic Force on a Wire Segment. Torque on a Current-Carrying Loop.
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Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge
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Positive charge moving with a constant velocity π βͺ π:
velocity directed into the plane of
the page
π0 = 4π β 10β7ππ 2
πΆ2
π΅ π =π04π π
οΏ½βοΏ½ Γ οΏ½ΜοΏ½π2 =
π04π π
οΏ½βοΏ½ Γ ππ3
π΅
π2 =1
π0π0
π β the speed of light
the "magnetic constant" (commonly called vacuum
permeability)
- a glimpse of a deep substructure connecting E and B
Example: a charge of 10 nC is moving in a straight line at 30 m/s. What is the max magnitude of B produced by the charge at a point 10 cm from its path? What is the max magnitude of E?
π΅πππ =π04π
ππ£π2 = 10β7 β 10β8
300.12 = 3 β 10β12π
πΈπππ =1
4ππ0ππ2 β 1010
10β8
0.12 = 104π/πΆ
π΅πππ πΈπππ
= π0π0π£ =π£π2
- charge at the origin
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Magnetic Force as a Relativistic Correction to the Electric Force
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In general, electrical repulsion + magnetic attraction.
πΉπΈ =1
4ππ0π2
π2 Charges at rest (the proton ref. frame),
only electric force (repulsion):
Charges in motion (the lab. ref. frame, primed), both FE and FB: οΏ½βοΏ½β₯β² = οΏ½βοΏ½β₯πΈβ² + οΏ½βοΏ½β₯π΅β
According to the special theory of relativity:
πΉβ₯β² =1πΎπΉβ₯
πΉβ₯β² - force in the lab reference frame
πΉβ₯ - force in the proton reference frame
πΉβ₯β² =1πΎ
14ππ0
π2
π2
πΉβ₯π΅β² = πΉβ₯β² β πΉβ₯πΈβ² = πΎ β1πΎ
14ππ0
π2
π2 = πΎπ£π
2 14ππ0
π2
π2 = ππ£πΎπ04π
ππ£π2 = ππ£π΅β₯β²
πΉβ₯πΈβ² = πΎ1
4ππ0π2
π2
Magnetic force could be regarded as a relativistic correction to the electrical force.
π
πΎ =1
1 β π£π
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πΈβ₯β² = πΎπΈβ₯
π΅β₯β² = πΎπ΅β₯
π£ π
πΎ
1
In the lab ref. frame:
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Magnetic Field of Currents
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π΅ π =π04π πΌ
ππ Γ ππ3 =
π04π πΌ
ππ Γ οΏ½ΜοΏ½π2
π½- current density, πΌππ - current segment π
ππ πβ²
π
π΅ π =π04π πΌ οΏ½
ππ Γ π β πβ²
π β πβ²3
1820 β first observation of the magnetic field due to currents
The charge of carriers in a wire segment π΄ππ: ππ π π = β πππ = ππ΄ππ
The current: πΌ = π½π΄ = ππ£ππ΄ ππ π π οΏ½βοΏ½π = πΌππ
π΅ π =π04π
ππ π π οΏ½βοΏ½π Γ π β πβ²
π β πβ²3 =
π04π
πΌππ Γ π β πβ²
π β πβ²3 Superposition:
π΅ π
Assuming the current segment is at the origin:
The magnetic field of a wire loop with
current:
πΌ
π΅ π =π0πΌ2ππ
The magnetic field at a distance r from a straight wire with current :
- proportional to 1/π2, as an electric field of a point charge
- proportional to 1/π, as E(r) of an infinite charged wire
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Magnetic Field of a Straight Wire Segment
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Find π΅ at a distance π from a straight wire segment carrying πΌ.
π΅ π = 0 =π04π
πΌ οΏ½ππ Γ βπβ²
βπβ²3
πΌ
π πβ² 90 + πΌ
π
Letβs choose the origin at the point where we measure π΅ (π = 0):
We need to express ππ and πβ² in terms of π and πΌ: π = π tanπΌ ππ = π1
cos2πΌ ππΌ πβ² =
π cosπΌ
ππ Γ βπβ² = ππ β πβ² β sin 90 + πΌ = ππ β πβ² β cos πΌ =πππΌ
cos2πΌ β z =
π2ππΌ cos2πΌ
ππ
π΅ π =π04π
πΌ οΏ½π§2
cos2πΌ
πΌ2
πΌ1
cos3πΌπ3
ππΌ =π0πΌ4ππ
οΏ½ cosπΌ ππΌπΌ2
πΌ1
=π0πΌ4ππ
sinπΌ2 β sinπΌ1
Magnetic field of an infinitely long straight wire (πΌ2 = π2
,πΌ1 = βπ2
): π΅ π =π0πΌ2ππ
πΌ
Example: Magnetic field of a square loop with current at the center of the loop (πΌ2 = π
4,πΌ1 = βπ
4):
π΅ π = οΏ½π΅ππ
= 4 π0πΌ
4ππ/2 2sinπ4 =
4π0πΌ2ππ
π π
(the r-dependence resembles that for E(r) of an infinite charged wire)
π΅ π = 0
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Electrostatics vs. Magnetostatics
οΏ½ πΈ π β ππ΄π π’π’π’ππ’π
=ππ ππ’ππ0
Elementary source of the static E field: point charge (zero-dimensional object,
scalar)
Elementary source of the static B field: current segment (one-dimensional object, vector)
Gaussβ Law:
- valid in electrodynamics!
οΏ½ π΅ π β ππππππ
= π0πΌ β π π΅ π =π0πΌ2ππ
In magnetostatics, currents are the only source of the non-zero circulation of B. This
will be modified in electrodynamics.
For a loop that doesnβt enclose any current, the circulation is 0.
circulation of the field B along the loop
οΏ½ πΈ π β ππππππ
= 0
- valid in electrostatics only(!), will be modified in
electrodynamics.
π΅ π β1π
οΏ½ π΅ π β ππ΄π π’π’π’ππ’π
= 0
Absence of magnetic
monopoles:
- valid in electrodynamics!
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Problem
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π΅ π =π0πΌ2ππ +
π0πΌ4π =
π0πΌ4ππ 2 + π
πΌ
Superposition: the field at point a is a superposition of three π΅ fields produced by the current in the semi-circle and two straight wires.
Consider a wire bent in the hairpin shape. The wire carries a current πΌ. What is the approximate magnitude of the magnetic field at point a?
π π
πΌ
Semi-circle:
π΅ π =π0πΌ4ππ
οΏ½ cosπΌ ππΌπΌ2=0
πΌ1=βπ/2
=π0πΌ4ππ
sin0 β sin βπ/2 =π0πΌ4ππ
π΅ π =π04π πΌ οΏ½
ππ Γ π β πβ²
π β πβ²3 =
π04π πΌ
ππ 2
π 3 =π0πΌ4π
Top wire:
(1/2 of the field of an infinite wire)
Bottom wire: π΅ π =π0πΌ4ππ
οΏ½ cosπΌ ππΌπΌ2=π/2
πΌ1=0
=π0πΌ4ππ
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Magnetic Field of a Circular Loop with Current
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π΅ π =π04π πΌ οΏ½
ππ Γ π β πβ²
π β πβ²3
Letβs place the origin at the center of the loop and introduce two angles: πΌ and π.
ππ = π ππΌ, 0 β€ πΌ β€ 2π πππ π =π
π 2 + π₯2 π β πβ² = π 2 + π₯2
ππ
πβ²
π π
A wire loop with current has a shape of a circle of radius a. Find the magnetic field at a distance x from its center along the axis of symmetry.
π΅π π₯ =π04π πΌ οΏ½
πππ 2 + π₯2 πππ π =
π04π πΌ
π π 2 + π₯2 3/2 οΏ½ π ππΌ
2π
0
=π02 πΌ
π 2
π 2 + π₯2 3/2
The field at the center of the loop (x=0): π΅ 0 =π0πΌ2π
π΅π¦ component is zero due to the symmetry.
For N turns with current, the field is N times stronger.
πΌ
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Interaction between Two Wires with Current
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π΅ π =π0πΌ12ππ
πΉπΏ
= πΌ2π΅ =π0πΌ1πΌ2
2ππ
πΌ
πΌ
πΌ
πΌ
Force per unit length:
Parallel (anti-parallel) currents attract (repel) each other.
- the magnetic field due to πΌ1 at the position of the
wire with πΌ2
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Next time: Lecture 16: Ampereβs Law. §§ 28.6- 28.8