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This document outlines a tutorial for UG 1st Year Physics I (PHI-101) for Autumn Semester 2024-25, featuring problems from Griffiths’ Chapters 5 and 7. The problems cover various topics in electromagnetism, including current density, magnetic fields, and vector potentials in different configurations. Each question is designed to enhance understanding of concepts related to electric and magnetic fields in static and dynamic scenarios.

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Tutorial 4

This document outlines a tutorial for UG 1st Year Physics I (PHI-101) for Autumn Semester 2024-25, featuring problems from Griffiths’ Chapters 5 and 7. The problems cover various topics in electromagnetism, including current density, magnetic fields, and vector potentials in different configurations. Each question is designed to enhance understanding of concepts related to electric and magnetic fields in static and dynamic scenarios.

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Tutorial No. 4 UG 1st Yr PHI-101 (Physics I) Autumn Sem.

2024-25
Note: These problems are from Griffiths’ Chapters 5 and 7.
1. 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 from the axis, what is J(s)?

2. A phonograph record carries a uniform density of "static electricity" σ. If it rotates at angular velocity
ω, what is the surface current density K at a distance r from the center?

3. A uniformly charged solid sphere, of radius R and total charge Q, is centered at the origin and
spinning at a constant angular velocity ω about the z axis. Find J at any point (r, θ, φ) within the sphere.

4. (a) Find the magnetic field at the center of a square loop, which carries a steady current I (Figure A).
(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 → infinity.

5. Find the magnetic field B at point P for both the steady current configurations shown in Figure B.

Figure A (for Q. 4) Figure B (for Q. 5) Figure C (for Q. 6)

6. Find the magnetic field at a distance z above the center of a circular loop of radius R, which carries a
steady current I. Using this result, and considering the turns to be essentially circular, find the B at a
point P on the axis of a tightly wound solenoid consisting of n turns per unit length wrapped around a
cylindrical tube of radius a and carrying current I (Figure C). 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 (infinite in both directions)?

7. Using the result for Circular loop (Q. 6), calculate the magnetic field at the center of a uniformly
charged spherical shell, of radius R and total charge Q spinning at constant angular velocity ω.

8. A steady current I flows down a long cylindrical wire of radius a.


Find the magnetic field, both inside and outside the wire, if
(a) The current is uniformly distributed over the outside surface of
the wire.
(b) The current is distributed in such a way that J is proportional to s, the distance from the axis.

9. Find the magnetic vector potential A of a finite segment of straight wire carrying a current I. Put the
wire on the z axis, from z1 to z2. Check that your answer is consistent with

B
10. A thick slab extending from z = -a to z = +a (and infinite in the x and y directions) carries a uniform
volume current J = J x (Figure D). Find the B, as a function of z, both inside and outside the slab.

Figure D
(for Q. 10)

Figure E
(for Q. 11) →

11. Two long coaxial solenoids each carry current I, but in opposite directions, as shown in Figure E.
The inner solenoid (radius a) has n1 turns per unit length, and the outer one (radius b) has n2.
Find magnetic field B in each of the three regions:
(i) inside the inner solenoid, (ii) between them, and (iii) outside both.

12. What current density would produce the vector potential A = k φ (where k is a constant), in
cylindrical coordinates?

13. If the magnetic field B is uniform, show that A(r) = - 0.5 (r x B) works, by checking that ∇ · A = 0
and ∇ x A = B.
Is this result unique, or are there other functions with the same divergence and curl?

14. Using the B (given below) inside and outside of a very long solenoid, consisting of n closely wound
turns per unit length on a cylinder of radius R, each carrying a steady current I, as

check whether the boundary conditions for B are satisfied at the interface or not.

(b) Check Eqs. Aabove = Abelow and

for the magnetic vector potential A(r), expression given below, at point r produced by a spherical shell
of radius R, carrying a uniform surface charge σ, when set spinning at angular velocity ω

Also, obtain the corresponding magnetic field B at r inside the spherical shell.

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