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Semester II, 2015-16

Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur

PHY103A: Lecture # 20
(Text Book: Intro to Electrodynamics by Griffiths, 3rd Ed.)

Anand Kumar Jha

Notes
Mid-sem: Feb 18, Thursday, 6-8 pm
Course coverage up to class today (Friday, Feb 12)
Q1: 10; Q2=10; Mid: 80; End: 120 = 220 marks
Regraded Quiz # 1 will be returned today

Summary of Lecture # 19:


Magnetic Vector Potential
= 0

= 0

One can always redefine the vector potential


such that its divergence is zero = 0

0 ()
() =

4
r

Magnetostatic Boundary Conditions (Consequences of the fundamental laws):


=

above

below

above = below

above

below

above = below

Multipole Expansion of vector potential


0 1
0 1

cos
=
+

4
4 2

0 1
+
+

4 3
Magnetic dipole moment
0
dip =
4 2

3
1
cos
+
2
2

Magnetic Vector Potential:


Prob. 5.23 (Griffiths, 3rd Ed. ): What is the current density that would produce the

magnetic potential =

=
= =

1

1

=
=
0

0

2
0

Magnetic Vector Potential:


Prob. 5.22 (Griffiths, 3rd Ed. ): Find the magnetic vector potential due to a finite
wire and using that find the magnetic field.
2

=

4
r
1

0
1
=


2
2
4
+
1

2 + 22 + 2
0
=
ln

2
2
4
1 + 1 +

= =

2 + 22 + 2
0
=
ln
4
1 + 12 + 2

0
=
4

22 + 2

12 + 2

= 0 sin + sin

2
1
4

Electrostatics in action
Faraday Cage

Lightning rods

Capacitor

(From Wikipedia and Google Images)

Electrostatics in action
Laser Printer

Some fun stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEFuCxD7BE

(From Wikipedia and Google Images)

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