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Coriolis1
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The electric field in a cubical cavity of side length L with perfectly conducting walls
is
E_x = E_1 cos(n_1 x \pi/L) sin(n_2 y \pi/L) sin(n_3 z \pi/L) sin(\omega t)
E_y = E_2 sin(n_1 x \pi/L) cos(n_2 y \pi/L) sin(n_3 z \pi/L) sin(\omega t)
E_z = E_3 sin(n_1 x \pi/L) sin(n_2 y \pi/L) cos(n_3 z \pi/L) sin(\omega t)
with E_1 n_1 + E_2 n_2 + E_3 n_3 = 0.
In counting the number of modes, the counting is restricted to non-negative
values of n_1, n_2 and n_3. Is there a simple way to show that
a) any mode in which one or more of the n_1, n_2 and n_3 are negative, can
be written as a linear combination of the modes that are included in the
counting and
b) the modes that are included in the counting are all independent?
Also, is the perpendicular component of the magnetic field on the surface
of a plane conductor required to be zero? The vanishing electric field in the
conductor only implies that the the time derivative of the perpendicular
component of the magnetic field vanishes.
Thanks!
is
E_x = E_1 cos(n_1 x \pi/L) sin(n_2 y \pi/L) sin(n_3 z \pi/L) sin(\omega t)
E_y = E_2 sin(n_1 x \pi/L) cos(n_2 y \pi/L) sin(n_3 z \pi/L) sin(\omega t)
E_z = E_3 sin(n_1 x \pi/L) sin(n_2 y \pi/L) cos(n_3 z \pi/L) sin(\omega t)
with E_1 n_1 + E_2 n_2 + E_3 n_3 = 0.
In counting the number of modes, the counting is restricted to non-negative
values of n_1, n_2 and n_3. Is there a simple way to show that
a) any mode in which one or more of the n_1, n_2 and n_3 are negative, can
be written as a linear combination of the modes that are included in the
counting and
b) the modes that are included in the counting are all independent?
Also, is the perpendicular component of the magnetic field on the surface
of a plane conductor required to be zero? The vanishing electric field in the
conductor only implies that the the time derivative of the perpendicular
component of the magnetic field vanishes.
Thanks!