Chapter 5: Q34P (page 255)
Show that the magnetic field of a dipole can be written in coordinate-free form:
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The magnetic field of a dipole has been proved.
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Chapter 5: Q34P (page 255)
Show that the magnetic field of a dipole can be written in coordinate-free form:
The magnetic field of a dipole has been proved.
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thick slab extending from to (and infinite in the x andy directions) carries a uniform volume current (Fig. 5.41). Find the magnetic field, as a function of , both inside and outside the slab.

A uniformly charged solid sphere of radius carries a total charge , and is set spinning with angular velocityabout the axis.
(a) What is the magnetic dipole moment of the sphere?
(b) Find the average magnetic field within the sphere (see Prob. 5.59).
(c) Find the approximate vector potential at a point where .
(d) Find the exact potential at a point outside the sphere, and check that it is consistent with (c). [Hint: refer to Ex. 5.11.]
(e) Find the magnetic field at a point (r, B) inside the sphere (Prob. 5.30), and check that it is consistent with (b).
A particle of charge qenters a region of uniform magnetic field (pointing intothe page). The field deflects the particle a distanced above the original line of flight, as shown in Fig. 5.8. Is the charge positive or negative? In terms of a, d, Band q,find the momentum of the particle.

A thin glass rod of radius Rand length Lcarries a uniform surfacecharge .It is set spinning about its axis, at an angular velocity .Find the magnetic field at a distances from the axis, in the xyplane (Fig. 5.66). [Hint:treat it as a stack of magnetic dipoles.]

(a) Complete the proof of Theorem 2, Sect. 1.6.2. That is, show that any divergenceless vector field F can be written as the curl of a vector potential . What you have to do is find and such that (i) ; (ii) ; and (iii) . Here's one way to do it: Pick , and solve (ii) and (iii) for and . Note that the "constants of integration" are themselves functions of y and z -they're constant only with respect to x. Now plug these expressions into (i), and use the fact that to obtain
(b) By direct differentiation, check that the you obtained in part (a) satisfies . Is divergenceless? [This was a very asymmetrical construction, and it would be surprising if it were-although we know that there exists a vector whose curl is F and whose divergence is zero.]
(c) As an example, let . Calculate , and confirm that . (For further discussion, see Prob. 5.53.)
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