Chapter 8: Q12P (page 378)
Derive Eq. 8.43. [Hint: Use the method of Section 7.2.4, building the two currents up from zero to their final values.]
Short Answer
The equation 8.43 is derived as .
Chapter 8: Q12P (page 378)
Derive Eq. 8.43. [Hint: Use the method of Section 7.2.4, building the two currents up from zero to their final values.]
The equation 8.43 is derived as .
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(a) Calculate the total energy contained in the electromagnetic fields.
(b) Calculate the total angular momentum contained in the fields.
(c) According to the Einstein formula , the energy in the fields should contribute to the mass of the electron. Lorentz and others speculated that the entire mass of the electron might be accounted for in this way: . Suppose, moreover, that the electron’s spin angular momentum is entirely attributable to the electromagnetic fields: On these two assumptions, determine the radius and angular velocity of the electron. What is their product, ? Does this classical model make sense?
Imagine two parallel infinite sheets, carrying uniform surface charge (on the sheet at) and(at ). They are moving in they direction at constant speed v (as in Problem 5.17).
(a) What is the electromagnetic momentum in a region of area A?
(b) Now suppose the top sheet moves slowly down (speed u) until it reaches the bottom sheet, so the fields disappear. By calculating the total force on the charge , show that the impulse delivered to the sheet is equal to the momentum originally stored in the fields.
A point charge q is located at the center of a toroidal coil of rectangular cross section, inner radius a, outer radius a, and height h, which carries a total of N tightly-wound turns and current I.
(a) Find the electromagnetic momentum p of this configuration, assuming that w and h are both much less than a (so you can ignore the variation of the fields over the cross section).
(b) Now the current in the toroid is turned off, quickly enough that the point charge does not move appreciably as the magnetic field drops to zero. Show that the impulse imparted to q is equal to the momentum originally stored in the electromagnetic fields. [Hint: You might want to refer to Prob. 7.19.]
Calculate the force of magnetic attraction between the northern and southern hemispheres of a uniformly charged spinning spherical shell, with radius R, angular velocity , and surface charge density . [This is the same as Prob., but this time use the Maxwell stress tensor and Eq.8.21.]
In Ex. 8.4, suppose that instead of turning off the magnetic field (by reducing I) we turn off the electric field, by connecting a weakly conducting radial spoke between the cylinders. (We’ll have to cut a slot in the solenoid, so the cylinders can still rotate freely.) From the magnetic force on the current in the spoke, determine the total angular momentum delivered to the cylinders, as they discharge (they are now rigidly connected, so they rotate together). Compare the initial angular momentum stored in the fields (Eq. 8.34). (Notice that the mechanism by which angular momentum is transferred from the fields to the cylinders is entirely different in the two cases: in Ex. 8.4 it was Faraday’s law, but here it is the Lorentz force law.)
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