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At a particular instant, a proton at the origin has velocity < 4e4, -5e4, 0> m/s. Calculate the magnetic field at location < 0.04, 0.05, 0 > m, due to the moving proton.
At a particular instant, a proton at the origin has velocity < 4e4, -5e4, 0> m/s. Calculate the magnetic field at location < 0.04, 0.05, 0 > m, due to the moving proton.
===Middling===
===Middling===
The electron in the figure below is traveling with a speed of
<math> v = 5*10^6 m/s. </math> What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at location A?
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===Difficult===
An electron is moving horizontally to the right with speed <math> 5*10^6 </math> m/s. What is the magnetic field due to this moving electron at the indicated locations in the figure? Each location is d = 7 cm from the electron, and the angle θ = 35°. Give both magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at each location.
An electron is moving horizontally to the right with speed <math> 5*10^6 </math> m/s. What is the magnetic field due to this moving electron at the indicated locations in the figure? Each location is d = 7 cm from the electron, and the angle θ = 35°. Give both magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at each location.

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This page covers the method of calculating the magnetic field from a moving point charge, derived from the Biot-Savart law for magnetic fields.


The Main Idea

A Mathematical Model

The magnetic field of a moving point charge can be found using a derivation of the Biot-Savart Law for magnetic fields.

With this equation for the magnetic field given some current carrying object, we can rewrited Idl in terms of velocity in order to relate the velocity of the moving particle to the magnetic field at an observation location a distance r from this particle.

With this substitution, the final formula comes out to be:

Examples

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Simple

At a particular instant, a proton at the origin has velocity < 4e4, -5e4, 0> m/s. Calculate the magnetic field at location < 0.04, 0.05, 0 > m, due to the moving proton.

Middling

The electron in the figure below is traveling with a speed of [math]\displaystyle{ v = 5*10^6 m/s. }[/math] What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at location A?

Difficult

An electron is moving horizontally to the right with speed [math]\displaystyle{ 5*10^6 }[/math] m/s. What is the magnetic field due to this moving electron at the indicated locations in the figure? Each location is d = 7 cm from the electron, and the angle θ = 35°. Give both magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at each location.

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