Can a time variable B field create

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The discussion centers on the relationship between static and time-varying electromagnetic fields, specifically addressing whether a time variable B field can create a static E field and vice versa. It is established that this is possible if the rate of change of one field remains constant with respect to time, as governed by Maxwell's equations. The conversation highlights the importance of understanding Faraday's Law and Gauss's Law for the magnetic field, as well as the implications of the Jefimenko equations, which provide a retarded solution to Maxwell's equations, emphasizing the role of charge and current distributions as true sources in local field theory.

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A static E Field and vice Versa?
Or a time variable field created also another time variable Field?
 
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Cozma Alex said:
A static E Field and vice Versa?
Yes, provided the rate of change of one field is constant w.r.t. time.
 
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The electromagnetic field is governed by the Maxwell equations. Written in terms of the usual three-vectors ##\vec{E}## and ##\vec{B}## (the electric and magnetic field components) there are four equations. Two of them are dynamical laws, describing the electromagnetic field as being caused by the charge and current distribution (i.e., on a fundamental level, by moving charged particles). The other two are constraint equations: One is Faraday's Law, and the other is Gauss's Law for the magnetic field:
$$\vec{\nabla} \times \vec{E}+\frac{1}{c} \partial_t \vec{B}=0, \quad \vec{\nabla} \cdot \vec{B}=0.$$
The first one is sometimes misunderstood in the way that a time-varying (it doesn't matter whether the change is linear with time or not, by the way) causes an electromagnetic vortex field. Also Faraday's Law looks like this, it's physically a bit misleading to think in such a way. It turns out, that when you mathematically follow this idea that the equations for the solutions of the Maxwell equations become pretty complicated and non-local.

On the other hand, there are the Jefimenko equations, which are nothing else than the retarded solution of the Maxwell equations, which clearly show that the true sources in the sense of a local field theory are the charge and current distribution. For more details, see also

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/induced-electric-fields.760783/#post-4792449
 
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