Electricity and Magnetism · Problem 9.2

ELECTRIC FIELDS IN MATTER — Edward Purcell & David Morin

Physics — E&M · maxwells-equations-displacement-current

Problem

A spherically symmetric (and constant) current density flows radially inward to a spherical shell, causing the charge on the shell to increase at the constant rate dQ/dtdQ/dt. Verify that Maxwell's equation, ∇×B=μ0J+μ0ϵ0 ∂E/∂t\nabla \times \mathbf{B} = \mu_0 \mathbf{J} + \mu_0\epsilon_0\, \partial\mathbf{E}/\partial t, is satisfied at points outside the shell.

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