Sunday, October 3, 2010

Summary of Lectures Sept last week

Inductance


From the Faraday law, we find that a changing current in one circuit induces emf in a nearby circuit. This is because, it produces a changing B-field and hence also produce an E-field. This induced E-field creates emf in the second circuit and drives current in it. The emf is obtained by the usual Flux rule, 
ε = -dφ/dt. The flux itself is proportional to the current in the first circuit and the proportionality constant is called Mutual Inductance between the two circuits.




The Demo of FM radio shown in class was to show how changing current in one coil creates current in the second coil and the magnitude of this induced current (and hence the flux) depends on the geometrical placing of the two coils.




The mutual inductance between the two coils is 
M= ∫∫ (μ0/4 π) dl1.dl2/|(r1-r2)|, though this is seldom used in calculations.




A changing current in a circuit also produces an emf in this circuit itself for the same reason of creation of ionduced E-field. . The flux linked to the circuit is proportional to the current itself and the proportionality constant is called self inductance L. The back emf is ε = -L di/dt.




When a current passes in a circuit, there is an E-field in the wire. The current density J is proportional the the NET E-field existing in the wire at that point, . This net E-field may have contribution from any accumulated charge on the surface of the wire or induced E-field or any other source. J = σ E where sigma is the electrical conductivity.




Ampere-Maxwell Law 


Just as changing magnetic field is accompanied by E-field, changing E-field is accompanied by B-field. Any that creates time varying E-field will also produce B- field. Thus curl of E is related to ∂ B/ ∂ t for the E field corresponding to B-field. Curl E is also related to J. Doing dimensional analysis and using charge current continuity equation, one gets


∇ X  B = μ 0 J 0 μ 0 E / ∂ t.


This is known as Ampere-Maxwell law and it was Maxwell who worked out this extra term (from a different analysis)




Poynting Vector 
The magnetic field energy is B2/2 μ 0 per unit volume. Electrical energy is ε0E2/2 per unit volume. The Poynting vector S is defined as S =(E X B)0.


The direction of S gives the direction in which EM energy travels and magnitude of S gives energy flowing per unit time per unit area (perpendicular to the direction of flow)




For any volume, ∫ S.da =-d/dt(Uem)-∫ (E.J)


(E.J) gives the loss of EM energy due to work done by the fields on the charges as they move to form current. This appears as the thermal energy if the current is in a conducting wire. You can write 
S.da + ∫ E.J = -d/dt (Uem)


LHS first term gives EM energy going out of the volume through the surface, LHS second term gives energy of EM fields spent on charges (which appears as thermal energy but we are accounting only EM energy and not the total energy). The it gives loss of EM energy in the volume per unit time which is same as the RHS.


Friday, September 24, 2010

Induced E-fields

Consider a bar magnet moving with velocity v in x-direction as seen from S. Does it produce electric field?


Let us look at the situation from S'. The magnet is at rest and we know, it produces only a magnetic field. You also know the magnetic field directions at different points due to this magnet. You can now do a field transformation from S' to S and get the fields in S. Indeed there is an electric field.

Any source that produces time varying B-field also produces E-field. Time varying B-field is always accompanied by E-field. Such an electric field is called Induced electric field.


If a conducting loop, coil or circuit is placed in an induced E-field, a current can be driven by the induced E-field. The emf is given by the Flux Rule.


The equations governing Induced E-field are:


∇ X E = -(∂ B /∂ t), ∇. E = 0.


These equations have the same mathematical structure as


∇ X B = μ0 J and ∇. B = 0.


Hence induced E can be obtained from ∂ B/∂ t in the same way as B can be obtained from J .





Friday, September 17, 2010

Lecture-2 Sept 17, 2010 Motional emf

Today we continued with E-B fields of a point charge q moving with a uniform velocity v. We found that (1) The E-field at a point at an instant is radial from the instantaneous position of the charge. So if you wish to get the field at P at time t, and the charge is at A at this time t, the field at t is along AP (q positive). (2) The magnitude of the E-field is largest in the direction perpendicular to the direction of motion and smallest in the direction of motion.


Then we started Motional emf. Questions: What is emf?, What is driving force and what is maintaining force? What charge distribution creates electric field in a wire connected to a battery, resistances etc? The most juicy part was the calculation of magnetic field and electric field inside a conducting rod moving with a uniform velocity v in a uniform magnetic field. The rod, velocity and the B-field were taken mutually perpendicular.
Why should there be an E-field inside the rod, where I had only applied B-field? This is because the magnetic force pushes free electrons on one side and there is a charge distribution coming up on the surface of the moving conductor.


This charge distribution also moves with the rod and hence produces a B-field other than the applied B-field. Thus the B-field inside the rod (and in the vicinity of the rod) will the different from the applied field B. The task is to get these fields. And to do this we go to the rod frame which is S'. Clearly distinguish applied fields in S, Applied Fields in S', Inside (rod) Fields in S and Inside fields in S'. At this moment we know Applied fields in S, and wish to get inside Fields in S. Using Direct transformation equations, get the Applied Fields in S'. Though the Applied E-field is zero in S, it is not zero in S'. It is in y-direction in the scheme taken in class. The Applied B field has somewhat larger magnitude in S' though the direction is the same.


Now that we know the applied fields in S', we turn our attention to fields inside the rod in S'. As the rod is at rest and there is an E-field in y-direction, charges will redistribute on the surface of the rod and finally the E-field inside the rod will be zero. Remember we are talking from S' frame. The redistributed charges are at rest and so produce no magnetic field. The magnetic field inside the rod is THEREFORE equal to the magnetic field Applied (all talks in S'). Hence we obtain E and B fields inside the rod in S'.


Since we know E and B fields inside the rod in S', we do Back transformation to get E and B fields inside the rod in S. And that completes the task.


What do we find for the fields? Now I am talking from S. The job of S' is done. All our experiments are in S. We took help of S' only to get the fields inside the rod in S. As the surface charge distribution on the rod was not known, we could not have directly calculated fields inside the rod in S.
1) The B-field inside the rod is larger than the applied B-field by the factor 1/(1-v2/c2).
2) There is an E-field inside the rod. You can check, E = - v x B as expected in steady state.


Hope it had been a challenging session. I was benefited by the 30-m questions from various students after the class. Thank you.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Summary of Lecture‐1 of Part II

Summary of Lecture‐1 of 2nd part  
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1. E, B are frame dependent. Examples: (a) Charge at rest in S, B=0 in S and not zero in S’ 
(b) E= E 0 in y‐direction, B= B0  in z
direction in S. Charge sent at velocity E/B in x‐direction in S, Keeps moving 
with this velocity along x‐direction. In S’, it is at rest showing E=0. 


2. Equations for E,B transformation stated without proof. 


3. Example: Line charge λ at rest in S. E Field in S written using Coulomb’s law, B=0. Fields in S’ 
obtained from transformation equations. Comparing with Coulomb’s, Biot‐Savart law shows that  linear charge density is  
λ/√(1‐v2/c2).


Idea of length contraction introduced to get increased λ. 
To get such a contraction, x’ =x‐vt modified by the factor 
1/√(1‐v2/c2). y’=y, z’ = z stated. 


4.Example: A point charge moving in S with velocity v. In S’ the charge is static and fields written  using Coulomb’s law, B’=0. Using inverse transformation equations, E‐field obtained in S.  There are questions about length contractions, and modification in coordinate transformation equations. These will be dealt in somewhat more detail, hopefully, in PHY102 under special theory of  relativity. But once you take the E-B transformation equations granted, they follow naturally. 
   

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Lecture Schedule for PHY 103 N Part 2. ( Prof. H.C. Verma)

Lecture Plan of PHY103 2010-11 ( Part II)


Lect No    Date           Topic
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1    15 Sept 10    Relativistic Transformation of E-B fields      

2    17 Sept 10    Motional  emf, Flux rule, Lenz law      

3    20 Sept 10    Flux rule in Generalized  case, Faraday's law,  

                            Calculation of induced Electric field.

4    22 Sept 10    Inductance, L-R circuit      

5    24 Sept 10    Magnetic  energy density, Poynting theorem      

6    27 Sept 10    Displacement current, B-field from time varying  E-field      

7    29 Sept 10    Maxwell's Equation in material medium, Boundary conditions      

8    1 Oct 10 (GS)    EM waves in free space, Integrating Optics with Electromagnetism      

9    4 Oct 10            Interference of EM Waves, Light, spatial and temporal coherence      

10    6 Oct 10            Fraunhofer Diffraction of Light at a single slit, N-slits      

11    18 Oct 10            EM waves in material medium, conducting and dielectric medium      

12    20 Oct 10            Reflection and refraction of EM waves      

13    25 Oct 10            Low intensity YDSE, Photoelectric effect, Compton Scattering      

14    27 Oct 10            Davisson Germer Expt,  YDSE with electrons, Heisenberg uncertain

15    29 Oct 10           Wave function,  Probability density, Relation with position and
                                momentum distributions, Delta function wave fn and plane waves      

16    1 Nov 10           Operators for observables,  Schrodinger Equation, Definite Energy states      
 

17    3 Nov 10           Deep Square well ,  Finite Square well, hetero junctions      

18    8 Nov 10           Barrier penetration, Nuclear Fusion and Coulomb Barrier      

19   10 Nov 10           Hydrogen atom wave functions      

20    12 Nov 10          Revision and Discussion      
           
Books:
1.    Electrodynamics by D J Griffiths
2.    Optics by P K Srivastava
3.    Quantum Physics by H C Verma

Magnetostatics in Material Media II

Linear Magnetic Materials
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Just like that for Linear Dielectrics we also have Linear Magnetic Materials for which the Magnetization M is proportional to the applied field. The applied field is taken to be the H field because that is the field which is measured in the Lab. This is unlike the case for electrostatics where the E-field is the applied field . So we have MmH where χm is called the Magnetic susceptibility. Since B0( H + M )=μH where μ is the permeability of the material we have μ=μ0(1 + χm). As in Dielectrics it is also possible to define a relative permeability μr=μ/μ0=(1 + χm).


Since in the linear magnetic materials both the H field and the Magnetization M are proportional to the B- field, it may appear that in this case as ∇.B=0 this implies ∇.H=0. This is wrong, for the same reason as in Dielectrics where Curl E=0 does not imply Curl D=0. This is because at the boundary the proportionality changes and a careful examination of the corresponding integral forms of the law show that both M and H have non zero divergences except in the case when the entire space is filed with a single magnetic material in which case there are no boundaries. For linear materials since the bound current Jb=∇ X M and M m H 
we have Jbm Jfree. 


The most important and widely used magnetic materials are however Ferromagnetic materials. These are non linear magnetic materials containing permanent magnetic dipoles associated with unpaired electrons in odd electron atoms just as in Paramagnetism. However the difference in this case is that there is a very strong
interaction between neighbouring dipoles due to quantum mechanical reasons. For this reason neighbouring dipoles tend to point the same way even in the absence of an external magnetic field. In small regions the dipole orientation is almost 100 % due to this reason. These are called Ferromagnetic domains and the entire region may be described by a single total dipole moment vector called the magnetic domain vector .


There are a large number of such domains in a Ferromagnetic material with randomly oriented domain vectors subject to random thermal vibrations. When a a Ferromagnetic material is subjected to an external magnetic field the domain vectors tend to align
together and this causes domains to merge and grow and for string fields the entire material may be described by a single domain and results in a very strong Magnetization. When the external field is switched off some of the domain vectors stay aligned and gives rise to permanent magnetization. This is called Hysteresis .


Normally random thermal motion determined by the Temperature of the material compete with domain alignments. However at a certain critical temperature called the Curie Temperature the alignment of domain vectors are favored over random thermal motions. For IRON this is T= 770 deg Centigrade above which it is Paramagnetic wit no domain formations and below the Curie Temperature it is Ferromagnetic. The transition between the Paramagnetic phase and the Ferromagnetic phase is thermodynamically alike to a liquid-solid phase transition in materials, like water-ice transition. The properties of Magnetic materials are decided by quantum mechanics and is a subject of frontline research in Condensed mater physics.


This ends our discussion on the Electric and Magnetic effects of static charges and steady currents. The second part of the course will deal with dynamic situations where charge densities and currents are functions of time and we will see
that this would unify the Electric and Magnetic aspects into a single framework of Electrodynamics involving time dependent electric and magnetic fields and described by a set of 4 equations

called the Maxwell's equation. It was Maxwell that unified the 
apparently different phenomena into a single framework. You will also see how Electrodynamics is intimately connected to
the Special Theory of Relativity.


Hysteresis link: 
http://www.tpub.com/content/chemical-biological/TM-1-1500-335-23/css/TM-1-1500-335-23_208.htm




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferromagnetism 

Week 7 Lex 3: Magnetostatics in a Material Media I

Having completed Magnetostatics in free space ( vaccuum) we now turn to study the Magnetostatics in Magnetic Materials. This is the magnetostatic analog of Electrostatics in Dielectric Material.


Recall that the source of Magnetism are currents. In magnetic materials the magnetism is due to atomic currents. These currents essentially arise due to two causes. (i) The orbital motion of the electron around the nucleus (ii) The intrinsic ( quantum mechanical) spin of the electron. These small atomic current loops are equivalent to tiny atomic dipoles from a macroscopic ( large scale ) point of view. Normally their effects cancel out due to (i) random orientation (ii) thermal motion of the atoms in a material. However in an applied external magnetic field B these magnetic dipoles tend to either align parallel or anti-parallel to the applied field giving rise to weak magnetic effects called (i) paramagnetism (ii) diamagnetism respectively. For permanent magnetic materials there is a FROZEN-IN or PERMANENT magnetization. Apart from this we also have Ferromagnetic Materials about which we will discuss later.




The torque on a magnetic dipole in an uniform field B is given as N=m X B whereas in a non uniform field the dipole experiences a force ∇ ( m.B) where the dipole moment m=I A where A is the vector area of the current loop. ( For flat current loops this is the usual area vector). This torque tends to orient the dipoles along the applied field direction resulting in a Magnetization. Due to the Pauli exclusion principle paired electrons in atoms with up and down spins cancel each others torques. So Paramagnetism is most readily observed in atoms with unpaired electrons. As paired electrons do not contribute to the magnetic effects Paramegnatism is a weak magnetic phenomena. Diamagnetism on the other hand arises due to the orbital motion of the electrons. The electron due to the magnetic forces speeds up/slows down in an external magnetic fields B. This causes a change in the dipole moment associated with the orbital motion anti-parallel to the field. ( Check Griffiths). The weak diamagnetic effects arise from this incremental dipole moment.


Hence at a macroscopic ( large scale) level a magnetic material has magnetic polariaztion and can be described by a magnetic dipole moment density which is called Magnetization M which is the magnetic dipole moment/unit volume. Just as in dielectrics it is now possible to describe the macrsocopic field due to a magnetized material by a distribution of surface and volume bound current densities. However the equations for the magntetic field being different the bound currents are now given as a surface bound current density Kb=M X η and a volume bound current desnity Jb=∇ X M ( Check Grifiths for the proof which is just like that in Dielectrics but now involving the Stokes Theorem.)


The bound current densities arise just as in dielectrics from now the cancellation between adjacent atomic current loops leving only the boundary surface contributions for uniform Magnetization M when every loop carries the same current. For non-uniform M the currents are different for different loops and only a partial cancellation occurs giving rise to also a volume bound current density inside the material apart from a surface bound current density.


The differential form of Ampere's Law can now be written as 
∇ X B= μ0 Jtot where Jtot= Jfree + Jb is the total current density consisting of the free current density if any in the material and the bound current density due to the Magnetization M. ( We are neglecting the surface bound current density for the same reason as in Dielcetrics. For real magnetic materials the Magnetization goes to ZERO rapidly within a small surface thickness and surface bound currents do not develop in real life.) But for our problems we will consider such IDEALIZED surface bound currents. ( DIPA/IPSA)


It is now easy to define the magnetic analog of the electric displacement D as the H field which satisfies ∇ X H= Jfree. So the source for the H field is the free current density only and  
H= (B0 - M). We can easily define the corresponding integral form of the Amperes law for H as ∫C H.dl=Iencfree. When symmetry allows us we can calculate H from knowing the free currents ( see Eg 6.2 Griffths ).


Similar warning as in Dielcetrics for the displacement vector D is also in force with H. H is not quite like B as ∇.B=0 but ∇.H=-∇.M. Only if M is constant or uniform is B like H. In particular do not assume that H is ZERO because there are no free currents. The H field satisfies similar boundary conditions with both normal and tangential components discontinuous at a surface current density. This is obvious from a look at the equations for H namely ∇.H=-∇.M and  ∇ X H=-Kfree for a surface current density.