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PYL 101: Electromagnetics and Quantum Mechanics

Semester I, 2024-2025
Problem Set-4: Magnetostatics and Magnetic field in Matter
Aug 26, 2024

Q.1. A particle of charge q enters a region of uniform magnetic field B (pointing into the page). The field
deflects the particle a distance d above the original line of flight, as shown in the figure below. Is the charge
positive or negative? In terms of a, d, B and q, find the momentum of the particle.

Q.2. In 1897, J. J. Thomson “discovered” the electron by measuring the charge-to-mass ratio of “cathode
rays” (actually, streams of electrons, with charge q and mass m) as follows:
(a) First he passed the beam through uniform crossed electric and magnetic fields E and B (mutually perpendic-
ular, and both of them perpendicular to the beam), and adjusted the electric field until he got zero deflection.
What, then, was the speed of the particles (in terms of E and B)?
(b) Then he turned off the electric field, and measured the radius of curvature, R, of the beam, as deflected by
the magnetic field alone. In terms of E, B, and R, what is the charge-to-mass ratio (q/m) of the particles?

Q.3. Suppose that the magnetic field in some region has the form

B = kzx̂

(where k is a constant). Find the force on a square loop (side a), lying in the yz plane and centered at the
origin, if it carries a current I, flowing counterclockwise, when you look down the x axis.

Q.4. (a) Find the magnetic field at the center of a square loop, which carries a steady current I. Let R be
the distance from center to side.
(b) Find the field at the center of a regular n-sided polygon, carrying a steady current I . Again, let R be the
distance from the center to any side.
(c) Check that your formula reduces to the field at the center of a circular loop, in the limit n → ∞.

Q.5. A current I flows down a wire of radius a.


(a) If it is uniformly distributed over the surface, what is the surface current density K?
(b) If it is distributed in such a way that the volume current density is inversely proportional to the distance s
from the axis, what is J(s)?

Q.6. Find the force on a square loop placed as shown in the figure below, near an infinite straight wire.
Both the loop and the wire carry a steady current I.

Q.7. Find the magnetic field at point P on the axis of a tightly wound solenoid (helical coil) consisting of

1
n turns per unit length wrapped around a cylindrical tube of radius a and carrying current I (see Fig.). Express
your answer in terms of θ1 and θ2 (it’s easiest that way). What is the field on the axis of an infinite solenoid?

Q.8. A coaxial cable consists of two very long cylindrical tubes, separated by linear insulating material of
magnetic susceptibility χm . A current I flows down the inner conductor and returns along the outer one; in
each case, the current distributes itself uniformly over the surface (see Fig.). Find the magnetic field in the
region between the tubes. As a check, calculate the magnetization and the bound currents, and confirm that
(together, of course, with the free currents) they generate the correct field.

Q.9. An infinitely long cylinder, of radius R, carries a “frozen-in” magnetization, parallel to the axis,

M = ksẑ

where k is a constant and s is the distance from the axis; there is no free current anywhere. Find the magnetic
field inside and outside the cylinder by two different methods:
(a) Locate all the bound currents, and calculate the field they produce.
(b) Use Ampère’s law to find H, and then get B. (Notice that the second method is much faster, and avoids any
explicit reference to the bound currents.)

Q.10. An iron rod of length L and square cross section (side a) is given a uniform longitudinal magnetiza-
tion M, and then bent around into a circle with a narrow gap (width w), as shown in the figure. Find the
magnetic field at the center of the gap, assuming w << a << L. [Hint: treat it as the superposition of a
complete torus plus a square loop with reversed current.]

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