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Homework Statement
Suppose a wire carries a current such taht
I(t) = 0 for t< = 0
= k t for t > 0
Find the electric and magnetic fields generated
2. The attempt at a solution
trying to figure out vector potential first
looking at the diagram
s is the distance fro a point P to the wire which is positioned on the Z axis.
r' is the distance to some section of the wire dz
the only contribution is for t > s/c, otherwise the em fields haven't reached the point P
we only need to integrate along the z since there is X and Y symmetry
[tex] z = \pm \sqrt{c^2 t^2 - s^2} [/tex]
but we are going to get the EM fields from time [itex] = t - r' / c = t - \frac{\sqrt{z^2 + s^2}}{c} [/itex]
so we're lookign at integrating this
[tex] A = \frac{\mu_{0}}{4 \pi} 2 \int_{0}^{\sqrt{c^2 t^2 - s^2}} \frac{k (t-\frac{\sqrt{z^2 + s^2}}{c}}{\sqrt{z^2 + s^2}} dz [/tex]
ahve i gone wrong somewhere??
something wrong in my logic?
please help!
thanks for any and all input!