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This document provides the homework assignment for Physics 505 in Fall 2007. It includes 5 problems from Chapter 5 of the textbook on electromagnetic induction in magnetic materials. Problem 5.4 involves calculating the axial and radial components of magnetic induction near the axis of a cylindrically symmetric magnetic field. Problem 5.7 involves calculating the magnetic field from two coaxial coils on and off their central axis. Problem 5.8 develops a multipole expansion for the vector potential and magnetic field of a cylindrically symmetric current distribution. Problem 5.9 applies this formalism to the two coil system of Problem 5.7.

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This document provides the homework assignment for Physics 505 in Fall 2007. It includes 5 problems from Chapter 5 of the textbook on electromagnetic induction in magnetic materials. Problem 5.4 involves calculating the axial and radial components of magnetic induction near the axis of a cylindrically symmetric magnetic field. Problem 5.7 involves calculating the magnetic field from two coaxial coils on and off their central axis. Problem 5.8 develops a multipole expansion for the vector potential and magnetic field of a cylindrically symmetric current distribution. Problem 5.9 applies this formalism to the two coil system of Problem 5.7.

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Physics 505 Fall 2007

Homework Assignment #7 — Due Thursday, November 1

Textbook problems: Ch. 5: 5.4, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9

~ in a current-free region in a uniform medium is cylindrically


5.4 A magnetic induction B
symmetric with components Bz (ρ, z) and Bρ (ρ, z) and with a known Bz (0, z) on the
axis of symmetry. The magnitude of the axial field varies slowly in z.
a) Show that near the axis the axial and radial components of magnetic induction
are approximately
 2 2 
ρ ∂ Bz (0, z)
Bz (ρ, z) ≈ Bz (0, z) − + ···
4 ∂z 2
 ρ   ∂B (0, z)   ρ3   ∂ 3 B (0, z) 
z z
Bρ (ρ, z) ≈ − + + ···
2 ∂z 16 ∂z 3

b) What are the magnitudes of the neglected terms, or equivalently what is the
criterion defining “near” the axis?

5.7 A compact circular coil of radius a, carrying a current I (perhaps N turns, each with
current I/N ), lies in the x-y plane with its center at the origin.
a) By elementary means [Eq. (5.4)] find the magnetic induction at any point on the
z axis
b) An identical coil with the same magnitude and sense of the current is located
on the same axis, parallel to, and a distance b above, the first coil. With the
coordinate origin relocated at the point midway between the centers of the two
coils, determine the magnetic induction on the axis near the origin as an expansion
in powers of z, up to z 4 inclusive:

µ0 Ia2 3(b2 − a2 )z 2 15(b4 − 6b2 a2 + 2a4 )z 4


  
Bz = 1+ + + ···
d3 2d4 16d8

where d2 = a2 + b2 /4.
c) Show that, off-axis near the origin, the axial and radial components, correct to
second order in the coordinates, take the form

ρ2
 
2
Bz = σ0 + σ2 z − ; Bρ = −σ2 zρ
2

d) For the two coils in part b show that the magnetic induction on the z axis for
large |z| is given by the expansion in inverse odd powers of |z| obtained from the
small z expansion of part b by the formal substitution d → |z|.
e) If b = a, the two coils are known as a pair of Helmholtz coils. For this choice of
geometry the second terms in the expansions of parts b and d are absent (σ2 = 0
in part c). The field near the origin is then very uniform. What is the maximum
permitted value of |z|/a if the axial field is to be uniform to one part in 104 , one
part in 102 ?

5.8 A localized cylindrically symmetric current distribution is such that the current flows
only in the azimuthal direction; the current density is a function only of r and θ (or
ρ and z): J~ = φ̂J(r, θ). The distribution is “hollow” in the sense that there is a
current-free region near the origin, as well as outside.
a) Show that the magnetic field can be derived from the azimuthal component of
the vector potential, with a multipole expansion
µ0 X
Aφ (r, θ) = − mL rL PL1 (cos θ)
4π
L

in the interior and


µ0 X
Aφ (r, θ) = − µL r−L−1 PL1 (cos θ)
4π
L

outside the current distribution.


b) Show that the internal and external multipole moments are
Z
1
mL = − d3 x r−L−1 PL1 (cos θ)J(r, θ)
L(L + 1)

and Z
1
µL = − d3 x rL PL1 (cos θ)J(r, θ)
L(L + 1)

5.9 The two circular coils of radius a and separation b of Problem 5.7 can be described in
cylindrical coordinates by the curent density

J~ = φ̂Iδ(ρ − a)[δ(z − b/2) + δ(z + b/2)]

a) Using the formalism of Problem 5.8, calculate the internal and external multipole
moments for L = 1, . . . , 5.
b) Using the internal multipole expansion of Problem 5.8, write down explicitly an
expression for Bz on the z axis and relate it to the answer of Problem 5.7b.

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