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Homework Statement
A dielectric material has the following properties:
electrical conductivity [tex]\sigma = 0 [/tex]
relative permittivity [tex]\epsilon_r = 3 [/tex]
relative permeability [tex]\mu_r =1 [/tex]
The electric field in the dielectric is given by
[tex] \mathbf{E} = E_0 cos(kz-\omega t)\hat{x} [/tex]
There are no time independent magnetic fields in the dielectric:
i) Write down maxwell's equation in matter in differential form
ii) find an expression for the polarization vector [tex] \mathbf{P} [/tex]
iii) find an expression for the volume density of bound charge
iv) find an expression for the volume density of free charge
v) find an expression for [tex] \frac{\parital \mathbf{E}}{\partial \mathbf{t}} [/tex]
iv) find an expression for [tex] \nabla \times \mathbf{E} [/tex], and hence deduce an expression for the magnetic field [tex] \mathbf{B} [/tex], in the dielectric.
vii) find [tex] \nabla . \mathbf{B} [/tex] and explain what this means physically
viii) What is the magnetization vector M in the dielectric?
ix) Find an expression for the phase speed [tex] \frac{\omega}{k} [/tex]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
i) Maxwells equations in differential form (THOUGH I'm not sure what they are in matter?)
curl/divergence of both magnetic and electric fields:
[tex] \nabla . \mathbf{E} = \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0} [/tex] gauss's law
[tex] \nabla . \mathbf{B} = 0 [/tex]
[tex] \nabla \times \mathbf{E} = -\frac{\partial \mathbf{B}}{\partial t} [/tex] faraday's law
[tex] \nabla \times \mathbf{B} = \mu_0\mathbf{J} + \mu_0\epsilon_0\frac{\partial \mathbf{E}}{\partial t}[/tex] maxwells fixed ampere's law
the question does say it wants the equations in matter,
so should I be using the auxhillary magnetic field and electric displacement field vectors H and D?
or would the equations in the form I gave be enough?
ii) (writing it up now)
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