A3.5 B3.3

Electromagnetism | Part II, 2003

(i) Given the electric field (in cartesian components)

E(r,t)=(0,x/t2,0)\mathbf{E}(\mathbf{r}, t)=\left(0, x / t^{2}, 0\right)

use the Maxwell equation

×E=Bt\nabla \times \mathbf{E}=-\frac{\partial \mathbf{B}}{\partial t}

to find B\mathbf{B} subject to the boundary condition that B0|\mathbf{B}| \rightarrow 0 as tt \rightarrow \infty.

Let SS be the planar rectangular surface in the xyx y-plane with corners at

(0,0,0),(L,0,0),(L,a,0),(0,a,0)(0,0,0), \quad(L, 0,0), \quad(L, a, 0), \quad(0, a, 0)

where aa is a constant and L=L(t)L=L(t) is some function of time. The magnetic flux through SS is given by the surface integral

Φ=SBdS\Phi=\int_{S} \mathbf{B} \cdot d \mathbf{S}

Compute Φ\Phi as a function of tt.

Let C\mathcal{C} be the closed rectangular curve that bounds the surface SS, taken anticlockwise in the xyx y-plane, and let v\mathbf{v} be its velocity (which depends, in this case, on the segment of C\mathcal{C} being considered). Compute the line integral

C(E+v×B)dr\oint_{\mathcal{C}}(\mathbf{E}+\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}) \cdot d \mathbf{r}

Hence verify that

C(E+v×B)dr=dΦdt\oint_{\mathcal{C}}(\mathbf{E}+\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}) \cdot d \mathbf{r}=-\frac{d \Phi}{d t}

(ii) A surface SS is bounded by a time-dependent closed curve C(t)\mathcal{C}(t) such that in time δt\delta t it sweeps out a volume δV\delta V. By considering the volume integral

δVBdτ\int_{\delta V} \nabla \cdot \mathbf{B} d \tau

and using the divergence theorem, show that the Maxwell equation B=0\nabla \cdot \mathbf{B}=0 implies that

dΦdt=SBtdSC(v×B)dr\frac{d \Phi}{d t}=\int_{S} \frac{\partial \mathbf{B}}{\partial t} \cdot d \mathbf{S}-\oint_{\mathcal{C}}(\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}) \cdot d \mathbf{r}

where Φ\Phi is the magnetic flux through SS as given in Part (i). Hence show, using (1) and Stokes' theorem, that (2) is a consequence of Maxwell's equations.

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