8/11/2013 Phys 511 HW 3 Due date: 19/11/2013 1) Show that the solid angle of an innite plane is 2 .

2) From the general solution of A given in terms of J show that .A = 0. 3) A spherical shell of radius R carries a uniform surface charge distribution . The spherical shell is rotated about a diameter with constant angular velocity . Find the magnetic moment m, the vector potential A and the magnetic eld B . located at the 4) Find the magnetic scalar potential corresponding to a dipole m = m0 k origin. 5) A localized cylindrically symmetric current distribution is such that the current ows only in the azimuthal direction; the current density is a function only of r and : J = . The distribution is hollow in the sense that there is a current-free region near J (r, ) the origin, as well as outside. (a) Show that the magnetic eld can be derived from the azimuthal component of the vector potential, with a multipole expansion 1 (cos ) interior, mL rL PL 1 c L A (r, ) = 1 (cos ) exterior, mL rL1 PL 1 c
L

(1)

1 where PL is the associated Legendre polynomial, the internal and the external multipole

moments are given by 1 L(L+1) 1 L(L+1)

1 dv rL1 PL (cos )J (r, ) internal, 1 dv rL PL (cos )J (r, )

mL =

(2)

external.

(b) Consider two circular coils of radius a and seperation b, which are located at z = b/2, respectively. Write the corresponding current density and calculate the internal and external moments for L = 1, 2. 6) Consider two long, straight wires, parallel to the z axis with positions x = d/2, y = 0, and carrying currents I in opposite directions. Describe the magnetic eld B in terms of a

magnetic scalar potential M with B = M . Show that in the limit of small spacing, the potential is approximately that of a two-dimensional dipole M = Id sin + O(d2 /2 ), 2 (3)

where and are the usual polar coordinates.