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Problem Sheet 3A

The document contains problem statements from a physics problem sheet focusing on magnetic fields generated by circular rings and solenoids. It includes specific problems regarding the comparison of magnetic fields in scaled-up rings, the calculation of magnetic fields in the plane of a ring, and the characteristics of the magnetic field inside and outside an infinite solenoid. Each problem provides hints and steps for solving the respective magnetic field equations.

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Problem Sheet 3A

The document contains problem statements from a physics problem sheet focusing on magnetic fields generated by circular rings and solenoids. It includes specific problems regarding the comparison of magnetic fields in scaled-up rings, the calculation of magnetic fields in the plane of a ring, and the characteristics of the magnetic field inside and outside an infinite solenoid. Each problem provides hints and steps for solving the respective magnetic field equations.

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Problem sheet 3A

Problem 6.9 (Purcell): Scaled-up Ring

Consider two circular rings of copper wire. One ring is a scaled-up version of the
other, twice as large in all regards (radius, cross-sectional radius). If currents
around the rings are driven by equal voltage sources, how do the magnetic fields
at the centers compare?

Problem 6.12 (Purcell): Field in the Plane of a Ring

A ring with radius R carries a current I. Show that the magnetic field due to
the ring, at a point in the plane of the ring, a distance a from the center (either
inside or outside the ring), is given by
Z π
µ0 I (R − a cos θ)R dθ
B= ·2 2 2 3/2
. (6.94)
4π 0 (a + R − 2aR cos θ)

Hint:
The easiest way to handle the cross product in the Biot–Savart law is to write
the Cartesian coordinates of dl and r in terms of an angle θ in the ring.
This integral can’t be evaluated in closed form (except in terms of elliptic
functions), but it can always be evaluated numerically if desired. For the special
case of a = 0 at the center of the ring, the integral is easy to do; verify that it
yields the result given in Eq. (6.54).

Problem 6.19 (Purcell): Solenoid Field, Inside and Outside

Consider an infinite solenoid with circular cross section. The current is I, and
there are n turns per unit length. Show that the magnetic field is zero outside
and B = µ0 nI (in the longitudinal direction) everywhere inside. Do this in
three steps as follows:

(a) Show that the field has only a longitudinal component. Hint: Consider
the contributions to the field from rings that are symmetrically located with re-
spect to a given point.

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(b) Use Ampère’s law to show that the field has a uniform value outside and
a uniform value inside, and that these two values differ by µ0 nI.

(c) Show that B → 0 as r → ∞. There are various ways to do this. One


is to obtain an upper bound on the field contribution due to a given ring by
unwrapping the ring into a straight wire segment, and then finding the field due
to this straight segment.

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