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Homework Statement
The problem I am facing is 2.9 in Sean Carroll's book on general relativity (Geometry and Spacetime) I should note that I am not studying this formally and so a full solution would not be unwelcome, though I understand that forum policy understandably prohibits it. The full problem is stated as
In Minkowski space, suppose that *F = q \sin{\theta} d\theta\wedge d\phi.
a.) Evaluate d*F=*J
b.) What is the two-form F equal to?
c.) What are the electric and magnetic fields equal to for this solution?
d.) Evaluate \int_V d*F, where V is a ball of radius R in Euclidean three-space at a fixed moment of time.
Homework Equations
In the above the asterisk denotes the Hodge dual and the d denotes the exterior derivative. The definitions of these operators should be well known.
The Attempt at a Solution
I think I have the first three parts solved. For each part a.) I arrived at the lengthy result of
<br /> \frac{1}{2}[\partial_\mu(*F)_{\mu\rho} - \partial_\nu(*F)_{\mu\rho} + \partial_\nu(*F)_{\rho\mu} - \partial_\rho(*F)_{\nu\rmu} + \partial_\rho(*F)_{\mu\nu} - \partial_\mu(*F)_{\rho\nu} = \epsilon^\sigma_{\mu\nu\rho}J_\sigma<br />
For part b.) I got (with the help of my TI-89) the two-form, in matrix form,
<br /> F = -(**F) = \left[<br /> \begin{array}{cccc}<br /> 0 & \frac{q}{r^4 \sin{\theta}} & 0 & 0\\<br /> \frac{-q}{r^4 \sin{\theta}} & 0 & 0 &0\\<br /> 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\<br /> 0 & 0 & 0 & 0<br /> \end{array}<br /> \right]<br />
and for c.) I arrived at, directly from part b.),
E_r = \frac{-q}{r^4 \sin{\theta}}
E_\theta = 0
E_\phi = 0
B_\mu = 0
For \mu=1,2,3.
Verification of these would be appreciated but I am especially confused about the last part d.). In particular the integrand is a three-form and I have no idea how to integrate this and how to transform the integral into a familiar volume integral that can be computed by standard multivariable calculus.
