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Because
, there are no magnetic monopoles
(no magnetic point sources or sinks and no magnetic point charges) but just like an
electric field we may define a magnetic dipole of moment
with a magnetic potential
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(3.17) |
The corresponding magnetic field, where the magnetic permeability
is
, is
with components
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(3.18) |
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Prof. Alan Hood
2000-11-06