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Friday, May 30, 2014

More Whacko, Jacko

From the post "The Whacko Part",

|B|=14πεo.qa3

If we consider the superposition of many moving charges,

B=allvectorsi14πεo.qia3i

The effects of moving charges before and after the point in consideration is zero.  B is entirely due to a thin sheet of charges immediately below that point, at the foot of the normal, n.

B=14πεo.allvectorsiqsheetia3

If a is large,

B=14πεo.1a3alliqsheeti

This sheet of charge JA is given by,

JA=alliqsheeti=Iv

where I is the current and v is the average velocity of the charges.  JA would be the current density.  This expression for JA is also valid for conductors where the charges runs on the surface.  The B-field is then given by,

B=14πεo.1a3.Iv

The 1/a3 dependence is at odd with Ampere's Law for B-field around a current carrying wire which has a 1a factor.

For the normal Epn component, using similar simplifications,

Epn=B.a=14πεo.1a2.Iv

This means, if Hall Effect were used to obtain B we would find Epn has a 1/a2 dependence,  assuming that the dipole model for free charge is right, that Epn is responsible for Hall Effect.