Chapter 5: Q57P (page 262)

A magnetic dipole $\overset{⇀}{m} = m_{0} \hat{z}$ is situated at the origin, in an otherwiseuniform magnetic field $\overset{⇀}{B} = B_{0} \hat{z}$ . Show that there exists a spherical surface, centered at the origin, through which no magnetic field lines pass. Find the radius of this sphere, and sketch the field lines, inside and out.

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There exists a spherical surface of radius $\sqrt[3]{\frac{μ_{0} m_{0}}{2 {πB}_{0}}}$ , centered at the origin, through which no magnetic field lines pass.

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Given data

There is an magnetic dipole $\overset{⇀}{m} = - m_{0} \hat{z}$ is situated at the origin, in an uniform magnetic field $\overset{⇀}{B} = B_{0} \hat{z}$ .

Magnetic field due to a dipole

The magnetic field due to a magnetic dipole $\overset{⇀}{m}$ is

localid="1658559878707" $B_{dip} = \frac{μ_{0} m}{4 π^{3 r}} [2 cosθ \hat{r} + sinθ \hat{θ}]$

Here, $μ_{0}$ is the permeability of free space.

Net magnetic field near origin

From equation (1), the net magnetic field near the origin is,

$\overset{⇀}{B} = B_{0} \hat{z} + \vec{B_{d i p}} = B_{0} \hat{z} - \frac{μ_{0} m_{0}}{4 π r^{3}} [2 c 0 s θ \hat{r} + \sin θ \hat{θ}]$

The radial component of this field is,

$\overset{⇀}{B} . \hat{r} = B_{0} \cos θ - \frac{μ_{0} m_{0}}{4 π r^{3}} 2 \cos θ = (B_{0 -} \frac{μ_{0} m_{0}}{2 π r^{3}}) \cos θ$

Thus, the net field is zero for any value of $θ$ at radius R where

localid="1657777042303" $B_{0 -} \frac{μ_{0} m_{0}}{2 π R^{3}} = 0 R = \sqrt[3]{\frac{μ_{0} m_{0}}{2 π B^{3}}}$

The field lines are shown in the following figure

Thus, the magnetic field lines are absent in the sphere of radius $\sqrt[3]{\frac{μ_{0} m_{0}}{2 π B^{3}}}$ .

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A magnetic dipole m⇀=m0z^ is situated at the origin, in an otherwiseuniform magnetic field B⇀=B0z^ . Show that there exists a spherical surface, centered at the origin, through which no magnetic field lines pass. Find the radius of this sphere, and sketch the field lines, inside and out.

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