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Calculating the Induced Field The net work pushing the charge around the loop is not zero. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 1 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field The net work pushing the charge around the loop is not zero. The induced electric field is non-conservative. So, we cannot associate a potential with a non-coulomb electric field. It is a different sort of electric field. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 1 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field The net work pushing the charge around the loop is not zero. The induced electric field is non-conservative. So, we cannot associate a potential with a non-coulomb electric field. It is a different sort of electric field. However, we also defined the emf as the work per unit charge E = W q Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 1 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field The net work pushing the charge around the loop is not zero. The induced electric field is non-conservative. So, we cannot associate a potential with a non-coulomb electric field. It is a different sort of electric field. However, we also defined the emf as the work per unit charge E = W q If the charge moves through a small displacement d s, then the work done by the field is dw = F d s = q E d s Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 1 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field The net work pushing the charge around the loop is not zero. The induced electric field is non-conservative. So, we cannot associate a potential with a non-coulomb electric field. It is a different sort of electric field. However, we also defined the emf as the work per unit charge E = W q If the charge moves through a small displacement d s, then the work done by the field is dw = F d s = q E d s The work done by the electric field as the charge moves around a closed loop is W closed curve = q E d s Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 1 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field The emf around a closed loop is then E = W closed curve = q E d s Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 2 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field The emf around a closed loop is then E = W closed curve = q E d s If we restrict ourselves to non-changing loop perpendicular to the field we can write Faraday s Law as E = dφ m db = A dt dt Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 2 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field The emf around a closed loop is then E = W closed curve = q E d s If we restrict ourselves to non-changing loop perpendicular to the field we can write Faraday s Law as E = dφ m db = A dt dt Which leads us to an alternate expression of Faraday s Law db E d s = A dt Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 2 / 1

Calculating the Induced Field Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 3 / 1

Induced Currents: Generators (34.7) Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 4 / 1

Induced Currents: Generators (34.7) The magnetic field and area are constant, but the rotation changes the effective area, so the flux is always changing. The flux is where ω = 2πf Φ m = A B = AB cos θ = AB cos ωt Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 5 / 1

Induced Currents: Generators (34.7) The magnetic field and area are constant, but the rotation changes the effective area, so the flux is always changing. The flux is where ω = 2πf The induced emf is Φ m = A B = AB cos θ = AB cos ωt E = N dφ m = ABN d (cos ωt) = ωabn sin ωt dt dt where N is the number of turns in the coil. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 5 / 1

Induced Currents: Generators (34.7) The magnetic field and area are constant, but the rotation changes the effective area, so the flux is always changing. The flux is where ω = 2πf The induced emf is Φ m = A B = AB cos θ = AB cos ωt E = N dφ m = ABN d (cos ωt) = ωabn sin ωt dt dt where N is the number of turns in the coil. The generator creates and alternating current (AC) voltage. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 5 / 1

Transformers A primary coil with N 1 turns and a secondary coil with N 2 turns are each wrapped around an iron core. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 6 / 1

Transformers A primary coil with N 1 turns and a secondary coil with N 2 turns are each wrapped around an iron core. An alternating current through the primary creates an oscillating magnetic field through the secondary and induces a current. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 6 / 1

Transformers A primary coil with N 1 turns and a secondary coil with N 2 turns are each wrapped around an iron core. An alternating current through the primary creates an oscillating magnetic field through the secondary and induces a current. The changing B in the core is proportional to N 1 : B 1/N 1 Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 6 / 1

Transformers A primary coil with N 1 turns and a secondary coil with N 2 turns are each wrapped around an iron core. An alternating current through the primary creates an oscillating magnetic field through the secondary and induces a current. The changing B in the core is proportional to N 1 : B 1/N 1 The emf in the secondary coil is E N 2 Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 6 / 1

Transformers A primary coil with N 1 turns and a secondary coil with N 2 turns are each wrapped around an iron core. An alternating current through the primary creates an oscillating magnetic field through the secondary and induces a current. The changing B in the core is proportional to N 1 : B 1/N 1 The emf in the secondary coil is E N 2 Combining these gives V 2 = N 2 N 1 V 1 Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 6 / 1

Metal Detectors At the airport you are scanned by a metal detector. These are very simple devices which rely on inductance. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 7 / 1

Metal Detectors At the airport you are scanned by a metal detector. These are very simple devices which rely on inductance. They have a transmitter coil and a receiver coil and you place objects between the two. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 7 / 1

Metal Detectors At the airport you are scanned by a metal detector. These are very simple devices which rely on inductance. They have a transmitter coil and a receiver coil and you place objects between the two. A high-frequency alternating current is provided in the transmitter coil. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 7 / 1

Metal Detectors At the airport you are scanned by a metal detector. These are very simple devices which rely on inductance. They have a transmitter coil and a receiver coil and you place objects between the two. A high-frequency alternating current is provided in the transmitter coil. This creates a changing magnetic flux through the receiver. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 7 / 1

Metal Detectors At the airport you are scanned by a metal detector. These are very simple devices which rely on inductance. They have a transmitter coil and a receiver coil and you place objects between the two. A high-frequency alternating current is provided in the transmitter coil. This creates a changing magnetic flux through the receiver. If a metal is placed between then eddy-currents are created in a plane parallel to the coils. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 7 / 1

Metal Detectors At the airport you are scanned by a metal detector. These are very simple devices which rely on inductance. They have a transmitter coil and a receiver coil and you place objects between the two. A high-frequency alternating current is provided in the transmitter coil. This creates a changing magnetic flux through the receiver. If a metal is placed between then eddy-currents are created in a plane parallel to the coils. The receiver then sees a combination of the original oscillating field and the field generated by the eddy currents. The net field at the receiver decreases. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 7 / 1

Metal Detectors At the airport you are scanned by a metal detector. These are very simple devices which rely on inductance. They have a transmitter coil and a receiver coil and you place objects between the two. A high-frequency alternating current is provided in the transmitter coil. This creates a changing magnetic flux through the receiver. If a metal is placed between then eddy-currents are created in a plane parallel to the coils. The receiver then sees a combination of the original oscillating field and the field generated by the eddy currents. The net field at the receiver decreases. An insulator does not allow eddy currents. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 7 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell created a mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism which incorporated Faraday s ideas about fields. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 8 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell created a mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism which incorporated Faraday s ideas about fields. We know that a changing magnetic field induces a current. Maxwell thought that a changing electric field should induce a magnetic field as well (despite a lack of experimental evidence). So, he hypothesized the induced magnetic field. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 8 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell created a mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism which incorporated Faraday s ideas about fields. We know that a changing magnetic field induces a current. Maxwell thought that a changing electric field should induce a magnetic field as well (despite a lack of experimental evidence). So, he hypothesized the induced magnetic field. The top picture shows a changing magnetic field inducing an electric field. The bottom shows a changing electric field inducing a magnetic field. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 8 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell created a mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism which incorporated Faraday s ideas about fields. We know that a changing magnetic field induces a current. Maxwell thought that a changing electric field should induce a magnetic field as well (despite a lack of experimental evidence). So, he hypothesized the induced magnetic field. The top picture shows a changing magnetic field inducing an electric field. The bottom shows a changing electric field inducing a magnetic field. The pictures are almost identical, except the direction of the electric fields are reversed. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 8 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell realized that if it were true that changing electric fields induced magnetic fields and changing magnetic fields induced electric fields it might be possible to construct a self-sustaining wave. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 9 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell realized that if it were true that changing electric fields induced magnetic fields and changing magnetic fields induced electric fields it might be possible to construct a self-sustaining wave. A changing E creates a B which changes in just the right way to induce a E which changes to make a B, etc. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 9 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell realized that if it were true that changing electric fields induced magnetic fields and changing magnetic fields induced electric fields it might be possible to construct a self-sustaining wave. A changing E creates a B which changes in just the right way to induce a E which changes to make a B, etc. This requires no charges or currents!!! Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 9 / 1

Maxwell s Theory of EM Waves Maxwell realized that if it were true that changing electric fields induced magnetic fields and changing magnetic fields induced electric fields it might be possible to construct a self-sustaining wave. A changing E creates a B which changes in just the right way to induce a E which changes to make a B, etc. This requires no charges or currents!!! He calculated the speed of such a wave to be v = 1 ɛ0 µ 0 = 3.00 10 8 m/s Light is an EM wave!!!!! Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 9 / 1

EM Waves Tidbits from Chapter 35 Sharon is carrying a positive charge. Bill sees a moving charge and an induced magnetic field. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 10 / 1

EM Waves Tidbits from Chapter 35 Sharon is carrying a positive charge. Bill sees a moving charge and an induced magnetic field. However, Sharon sees the charge sitting still. So, sees no magnetic field. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 10 / 1

EM Waves Tidbits from Chapter 35 Sharon is carrying a positive charge. Bill sees a moving charge and an induced magnetic field. However, Sharon sees the charge sitting still. So, sees no magnetic field. So, is there a magnetic field or not?? Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 10 / 1

EM Waves Tidbits from Chapter 35 Sharon is carrying a positive charge. Bill sees a moving charge and an induced magnetic field. However, Sharon sees the charge sitting still. So, sees no magnetic field. So, is there a magnetic field or not?? It gets worse. If the runner moves through an external magnetic field the observer sees a force on her charge ( F = q v B). Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 10 / 1

EM Waves Tidbits from Chapter 35 Sharon is carrying a positive charge. Bill sees a moving charge and an induced magnetic field. However, Sharon sees the charge sitting still. So, sees no magnetic field. So, is there a magnetic field or not?? It gets worse. If the runner moves through an external magnetic field the observer sees a force on her charge ( F = q v B). However, Sharon says her charge is at rest, so there are no magnetic forces!! Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 10 / 1

EM Waves Tidbits from Chapter 35 Sharon is carrying a positive charge. Bill sees a moving charge and an induced magnetic field. However, Sharon sees the charge sitting still. So, sees no magnetic field. So, is there a magnetic field or not?? It gets worse. If the runner moves through an external magnetic field the observer sees a force on her charge ( F = q v B). However, Sharon says her charge is at rest, so there are no magnetic forces!! So, is there a force or not?? Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 10 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields We know something for sure: Experimenters in all inertial reference frames agree about a force acting on a particle. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 11 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields We know something for sure: Experimenters in all inertial reference frames agree about a force acting on a particle. Imagine Bill makes a region of uniform B but E = 0 and shoots a particle of charge q through that region at velocity v. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 11 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields We know something for sure: Experimenters in all inertial reference frames agree about a force acting on a particle. Imagine Bill makes a region of uniform B but E = 0 and shoots a particle of charge q through that region at velocity v. The total force on the particle from electric and magnetic fields will be F = q( E + v B) = q v B Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 11 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields Sharon is in a frame such that this particle is at rest. However, we agree that she must see an upwards force on the particle. How?? Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 12 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields Sharon is in a frame such that this particle is at rest. However, we agree that she must see an upwards force on the particle. How?? Well, we defined and electric field as the thing that creates a force on a stationary charge. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 12 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields Sharon is in a frame such that this particle is at rest. However, we agree that she must see an upwards force on the particle. How?? Well, we defined and electric field as the thing that creates a force on a stationary charge. Therefore, she must measure an electric field in her reference frame. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 12 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields Sharon is in a frame such that this particle is at rest. However, we agree that she must see an upwards force on the particle. How?? Well, we defined and electric field as the thing that creates a force on a stationary charge. Therefore, she must measure an electric field in her reference frame. Changing reference frames converts electric to magnetic fields or vice-versa! Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 12 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields In general, the total EM force on a charged particle is called the Lorentz Force F = q( E + v B) Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 13 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields In general, the total EM force on a charged particle is called the Lorentz Force F = q( E + v B) The charge is at rest in frame S moving at speed V = v, so in that frame the force is: F = q E Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 13 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields In general, the total EM force on a charged particle is called the Lorentz Force F = q( E + v B) The charge is at rest in frame S moving at speed V = v, so in that frame the force is: F = q E Equating F with F gives us the transformed electric field E = E + V B Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 13 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields There is a single EM field that changes its appearance from E to B for different observers. Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 14 / 1

Transformation of Electric and Magnetic Fields There is a single EM field that changes its appearance from E to B for different observers. Correspondence between E and B The Biot-Savart law for the magnetic field of a moving point charge is nothing other than the Coulomb electric field of a stationary point charge transformed into a moving reference frame! Neil Alberding (SFU Physics) Physics 121: Optics, Electricity & Magnetism Spring 2010 14 / 1