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Jackson 5 13 Homework Solution
Jackson 5 13 Homework Solution
PROBLEM:
A sphere of radius a carries a uniform surface-charge distribution σ. The sphere is rotated about a
diameter with constant angular velocity ω. Find the vector potential and magnetic-flux density both
inside and outside the sphere.
SOLUTION:
The current density in spherical coordinates is:
0 J x '
A= ∫
4 ∣x−x '∣
d x'
'
0 a sin ' r '−a
A=
4
∫ ∣x−x '∣
d x'
0 2 ∞ ∞ l
1 r l *
A= ∫ ∫
4 0 0 0
∫ r '−a ' 4 ∑ ∑
l1
Y l m ' ,'Y lm , r '2 sin 2 ' dr ' d ' d '
l=0 m =−l 2 l1 r
2 ∞ l
∞
1 rl
A= 0 a ∫ ∫ ∫ r '−a −sin ' icos ' j ∑ ∑ Y * ' , 'Y lm , sin2 ' dr ' d ' d '
0 0 0 l =0 m=−l 2l1 r 'l −1 l m
2
where I l ,m=∫ ∫ −sin ' i cos ' j Y *l m ' ,' sin2 ' d ' d '
0 0
Due to the orthogonality in the first integral, all terms vanish except m = 1 and m = -1. The first integral
can then be easily calculated to yield:
I l ,±1=
2 l1 l∓1 !
4 l±1 !
±i i j ∫ P±1
0
2
l cos ' sin ' d '
1
I l ,1=
2 l1 l−1 !
4 l1 !
i i j ∫ P 1l x P 11 x dx
−1
1
I l ,−1=
2 l1 l1 !
4 l−1 !
−i i j −2∫ P−1
−1
−1
l x P 1 x dx
I 1,±1=
2
3
i i ± j
The solution is now just the sum of the l = 1, m = -1 term and the l = 1, m = 1 term.
0
A= a r [Y 1,1 , I 1,1Y 1,−1 , I 1,−1 ] (inside)
3
0 a4
A= [Y , I 1,1Y 1,−1 , I 1,−1 ] (outside)
3 r 2 1,1
0
A= a r [Y 1,1 , I 1,1Y *1,1 , I *1,1 ] (inside)
3
0 a4
A= 2
[Y 1,1 , I 1,1Y *1,1 , I *1,1 ] (outside)
3 r
For complex numbers in general z z *=2 ℜ z so that our final solutions become
0
A= (inside)
a r sin
3
0 a4
A= sin (outside)
3 r2
B=∇ ×A
Expand in spherical coordinates, keeping only terms that are non-zero for this case:
1 ∂ sin A − 1 ∂ r A
B=r
r sin ∂ r ∂r
Inside:
2
B= a 0 [ cos r −sin ]
3
2
B= a 0 z
3
Outside:
0 a4
B= [2 cos r sin ]
3 r3
0 a4
B= [ 3cos r − z ]
3 r3