Prerequisites
In-class Content
- Homework for Static Fields

Current

Prerequisites

Flux (for measuring total current)
Charge Density (for comparison with current density, and/or as an quantity that contributes to current density)

Reading: GVC § Currents

In-class Content

Acting Out Current Density (Kinesthetic Activity - 10 min) Note: Curl is needed for 3 different ideas in this class: Conservative Work, Going from $\vec A$ to $\vec B$, and getting from $\vec B$ to $\vec J$.
Current Density (lecture) 10 min

Homework for Static Fields

(TotalCurrentGEM55) Calculate surface current density $K$ and volume current density $J$ for a wire carrying total current $I$, from Griffiths E&M book.

A current $I$ flows down a wire of radius $a$.
1. If it is uniformly distributed over the surface, give a formula for the surface current density $\Vec K$.
2. If it is distributed in such a way that the volume current density, $|\Vec J|$, is inversely proportional to the distance from the axis, give a formula for $\Vec J$.
3. For the surface current you found in Problem 1.a, find the magnetic vector potential at a distance $r$ from the center of the wire with length of $2L$.

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