Answer Check: Displacement Currents and Capacitors

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Homework Statement



A fat wire, radius a, carries a constant current I, uniformly distributed over its cross section. A narrow gap in the wire, of width w << a, forms a parallel-plate capacitor, as shown in the figure above. Find the magnetic field in the gap, at a distance s < a from the axis.

{Figure given below}

Homework Equations



[tex]displacement current, J_d = \epsilon_0 \frac{\partial E}{\partial t}[/tex] --- (1)

[tex]\frac{\partial E}{\partial t} = \frac{1}{\epsilon_0 A}I[/tex] --- (2)

[tex]B(r) = \frac{\mu_0 I}{2 \pi r}[/tex] --- (3)

The Attempt at a Solution



Okay so firstly, I have put together (1) and (2) to get:


[tex]J_d = \epsilon_0 \frac{1}{\epsilon_0 A}I[/tex]

I got this to cancel down into:

[tex]J_d = \frac{I}{A}[/tex]

I then made a very bold assumption that the current in B(r) = the displacement current J_d

So I Inserted the values and got:

[tex]B(r) = \frac{\mu_0 \left( \frac{I}{A}\right)}{2 \pi r}[/tex]

This seems very quick and straight forwards, though...

Does this look correct?

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