A uniformly charged solid sphere of radius Rcarries a total charge Q, and is set spinning with angular velocitywabout the zaxis.

(a) What is the magnetic dipole moment of the sphere?

(b) Find the average magnetic field within the sphere (see Prob. 5.59).

(c) Find the approximate vector potential at a point (r,B)where r>R.

(d) Find the exact potential at a point (r,B)outside the sphere, and check that it is consistent with (c). [Hint: refer to Ex. 5.11.]

(e) Find the magnetic field at a point (r, B) inside the sphere (Prob. 5.30), and check that it is consistent with (b).

Short Answer

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(a) The magnetic dipole moment of sphere is15QωR2

(b) The average magnetic field within sphere is also\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\left(\frac{2Q\omega}{5R}\right).

(c) The vector potential at a point is

μ04πQωR2sinθ5r2.

(d) The exact potential outside sphere is

μ0QωR2sinθ20πr2.

(e) The average magnetic field inside the sphere is μ0Q010πR.

Step by step solution

01

Determine the gyromagnetic ratio(a)

The surface charge density of shell is given as:

ρ=Q43R3

Here, Qis the charge on the shell and Ris the radius of the shell.

The magnetic dipole moment of sphere is given as:

\begin{aligned}dm&=\frac{4}{3}\pi\rho\omegar^{4}dr\\m&=\frac{4}{3}\pi\rho\omega\int_{0}^{R}r^{4}dr\\m&=\frac{4}{3}\pi\rho\omega\left(\frac{R^{5}}{5}\right)\end{aligned}

Substitute all the values in the above equation.

m=43πQπ4R3ωR55

m=15QωR2

Therefore, the magnetic dipole moment of sphere is15QωR2

02

Determine the average magnetic field within the sphere

(b)

Consider the formula for the magnetic field of the sphere.

Ba=μ04π2mR3

Substitute all the values in the above equation.

\begin{aligned}&B_{a}=\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\left(\frac{2\left(\frac{1}{5}Q\omegaR^{2}\right)}{R^{3}}\right)\\&B_{a}=\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\left(\frac{2Q\omega}{5R}\right)\end{aligned}

Therefore, the average magnetic field within sphere is also\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\left(\frac{2Q\omega}{5R}\right).

03

Determine the vector potential at a point

(c)

Consider the formula for the vector potential due to dipole moment:

A=μ04πmsinθr2

Substitute all the values in the above equation.

\begin{aligned}&A=\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\left(\frac{\left(\frac{1}{5}Q\omegaR^{2}\right)\sin\theta}{r^{2}}\right)\\&A=\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\left(\frac{Q\omegaR^{2}\sin\theta}{5r^{2}}\right)\end{aligned}

Therefore, the vector potential at a point isμ04πQωR2sinθ5r2

04

Determine the exact potential outside sphere(d)

Differentiate the expression for potential due to the spherical shell:

\begin{aligned}&dA_{e}=\left(\frac{\mu_{0}\rho\omega\sin\theta}{r^{2}}\right)\left(\bar{r}^{4}dr\right)\\&A_{e}=\left(\frac{\mu_{0}\rho\omega\sin\theta}{r^{2}}\right)\left(\int_{0}^{R}\bar{r}^{4}dr\right)\\&A_{e}=\left(\frac{\mu_{0}\rho\omega\sin\theta}{r^{2}}\right)\left(\frac{R^{5}}{5}\right)\end{aligned}

Substitute all the values in the above equation.

Aθ=μ0Q43πR3ωsinθr2R55

Ae=μ0QωR2sinθ20πr2

Therefore, the exact potential outside sphere is\frac{\mu_{0}Q\omegaR^{2}\sin\theta}{20\pir^{2}}.

05

Determine the average magnetic field inside the sphere

(e)

Consider the expression for field due to uniformly charged sphere:

\begin{aligned}&B_{ai}=B_{a}\\&B_{ai}=\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\left(\frac{2Q\omega}{5R}\right)\\&B_{ai}=\frac{\mu_{0}Q\omega}{10\piR}\end{aligned}

Therefore, the average magnetic field inside the sphere is\frac{\mu_{0}Q\omega}{10\piR}.

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