An ideal electric dipole is situated at the origin; its dipole moment points in the z direction and is quadratic in time:

p(t)=12p¨0t2z^    (<t<)

wherep¨0is a constant.

  1. Use the method of Section 11.1.2 to determine the (exact) electric and magnetic fields for all r > 0 (there's also a delta-function term at the origin, but we're not concerned with that).
  2. Calculate the power, P(r,t), passing through a sphere of radius r.
  3. Find the total power radiated (Eq. 11.2), and check that your answer is consistent with Eq. 11.60.21

Short Answer

Expert verified
  1. The (exact) electric and magnetic fields for all r > 0 is V=μ0p¨08πcosctr21,
  2. the power, P(r, t), passing through a sphere of radius r. is μ0p¨0212πε0r3tt2+rc2
  3. The radiated power is Prad=μ0p¨206πc

Step by step solution

01

Understanding of dipole moment

Dipole moment is a property of dipole which develops when a certain distance separates two charged particles. The main reason behind the rise of this property is the electronegativity and difference between chemically bonded atoms or elements.

02

Determination of the Electric field and Magnetic field

(a)

From equation 11.4, we can write,

p(t)=q(t)dz^

And we know that,

q(t)=q0cos(ωt)=kdt2...(i)

Here,

k=12p¨0

From equation 11.5, we get:

V(r,t)=14πε0q0cosωtr+cr+q0cosωtrcr...(ii)

Now, by using equation (i), we can modify equation (ii) as:

V(r,t)=14πε0ktr+c2r+ktrc2r

Taking common the term k, we get:

V(r,t)=k4πε0tr+c2r+trc2r=k4πε0t+2r+c22tr+cr+t+2rc22trcr=k4πε0t1r+1r2+1c2(r+r)...(iii)

By using equations 11.8 and 11.9, we can write:

r±r1d2rcosθ

And

1r±r1±d2rcosθ

Now, putting the values in equation (iii), we get:

role="math" localid="1658838599556" V(r,t)=k4πε0t2rdrcosθ+rc2drcosθ=k4πε0c2dcosθctr21

Now, putting the value of k, we get:

role="math" localid="1658838650158" V(r,t)=12p¨04πε0c2cosθctr21=μ0p¨08πcosθctr21

From equation 11.15, we can write:

I(t)=dqdtz^=2ktz^

Again from equations 11.16 and 11.17, we get:

A(r,t)=μ04πd2+d2q0ωsinωtrcz^rdz...(11.16)

And

A(r,θ,t)=μ0p0ω4πrsin[ω(trc)]z^

Therefore, from equation (11.16), we can further calculate as:

A(r,t)=μ04πz^d2+d22ktrcrdz=μ04πz^2ktrcr=μ0p¨04πcctr1z^

We know that the formulae of Electric field intensity can be written as

E=VAt

Therefore,

E=μ0p¨08πcosθ[2(ct)2r3]r^1rsinθctr21θ^μ0p¨04πccrz^=μ0p¨04πrctr21cosθr^+12ctr2+1sinθθ^

We know that the formulae for calculating magnetic flux density (B) are:

B=×A=×μ0p¨04πcctr1z^=μ0p¨04πc×ctr1(cosθr^sinθθ^)=μ0p¨0t4πr2sinθϕ^

03

Determination of power passing through the sphere.

(b)

For the determination of power, we have to use a pointing vector which is:

S=1μ0(E×B)

Putting the respective expressions of E and B, we get:

S=1μ0(E×B)=1μ0μ0p¨04πrctr21cosθr^+12ctr2+1sinθθ^×μ0p¨0t4πr2sinθϕ^=μ0p¨20t32π2ctr21sin2θr3(r2sinθdθdϕ)

Therefore, power radiated can be calculated as

P(r,t0)=0πsdθ=0πμ0p¨20t32π2ctr21sin2θr3(r2sinθdθdϕ)=μ0p¨20t32π2ctr212π0πsin3θdθ=μ0p¨20t12πrctr21...(iv)

04

To check the consistency of the answer.

(c)

To check the consistency with the equation Eq. 11.60.21, we can do the following:

From equation (iv), we can write:

P(r,t0+r/c)=μ0p¨2012πrt0+rccr2(t02+2t0rc+rc2+1=μ0p¨2012πc1+ct0r2+2ct0r+ct0r2

Therefore,

The radiated power:

Prad=limrPr,t0+rc=μ0p¨206πc

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