Maxwell's equations

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Differential form

\boldsymbol{\nabla} \cdot \mathbf{E} = \frac {\rho} {\epsilon_0},

\boldsymbol{\nabla} \cdot \mathbf{B} = 0,

\boldsymbol{\nabla} \times \mathbf{E} = -\frac{\partial \mathbf{B}} {\partial t},

\boldsymbol{\nabla} \times \mathbf{B} = \mu_0 \mathbf{J} + \mu_0 \epsilon_0 \frac{\partial \mathbf{E}} {\partial t}.

Integral form

\oint_S  \mathbf{E} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{A} = \frac {Q_S}{\epsilon_0},

\oint_S  \mathbf{E} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{A} = \frac {Q_S}{\epsilon_0},

\oint_{\partial S} \mathbf{E} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{l}  = - \frac {d \Phi_{B,S}}{dt} ,

\oint_{\partial S} \mathbf{B} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{l} = \mu_0 I_S + \mu_0 \epsilon_0 \frac {d \Phi_{E,S}}{dt}.

Summary

Name Differential form Integral form
Gauss's law: \boldsymbol{\nabla} \cdot \mathbf{E} = \frac {\rho} {\epsilon_0} \oint_S  \mathbf{E} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{A} = \frac {Q_S}{\epsilon_0}
Gauss' law for magnetism
(absence of magnetic monopoles):
\boldsymbol{\nabla} \cdot \mathbf{B} = 0 \oint_S \mathbf{B} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{A} = 0
Faraday's law of induction: \boldsymbol{\nabla} \times \mathbf{E} = -\frac{\partial \mathbf{B}} {\partial t} \oint_{\partial S} \mathbf{E} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{l}  = - \frac {d \Phi_{B,S}}{dt}
Ampère's Law
(with Maxwell's correction):
\boldsymbol{\nabla} \times \mathbf{B} = \mu_0 \mathbf{J} + \mu_0 \epsilon_0 \frac{\partial \mathbf{E}} {\partial t} \oint_{\partial S} \mathbf{B} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{l} = \mu_0 I_S + \mu_0 \epsilon_0 \frac {d \Phi_{E,S}}{dt}
on to boundary conditions for E and B
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