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184_notes:moving_q [2018/07/03 03:49] – [Magnetic Field Equation for a Moving Point Charge] curdemma184_notes:moving_q [2018/07/03 03:51] – [Magnetic Field Vectors] curdemma
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 Just like we did before with stationary charges, we will often draw the magnetic field vectors (or just B-field vectors) around the moving charge to help us understand what is happening to the magnetic field. **The magnitude of these vectors represents the magnitude of the magnetic field, and the direction of these vectors points in the direction of the magnetic field.**  Just like we did before with stationary charges, we will often draw the magnetic field vectors (or just B-field vectors) around the moving charge to help us understand what is happening to the magnetic field. **The magnitude of these vectors represents the magnitude of the magnetic field, and the direction of these vectors points in the direction of the magnetic field.** 
  
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 However, because we are dealing with the cross product, we need to be able to denote when a vector would be pointing into or out of the page/screen. We will do this by using either a circle with a dot inside to represent a vector pointing out of the page/screen or a circle with an x inside to represent a vector pointing into the page/screen. An easy way to remember this is to think of an arrow coming toward you (you would see the point so only a dot) or an arrow going away from you (you would see the cross of the tail feathers). A belly button analogy can also work nicely.  However, because we are dealing with the cross product, we need to be able to denote when a vector would be pointing into or out of the page/screen. We will do this by using either a circle with a dot inside to represent a vector pointing out of the page/screen or a circle with an x inside to represent a vector pointing into the page/screen. An easy way to remember this is to think of an arrow coming toward you (you would see the point so only a dot) or an arrow going away from you (you would see the cross of the tail feathers). A belly button analogy can also work nicely. 
  
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 For example, consider a charge q moving in the $+\hat{x}$ direction. We want to know the magnetic field at point P that is a distance d away from the charge in the $\hat{y}$ direction at the instant the moving change is at the origin. Here, notice that must specific when we want to find the magnetic field as the change before or after that time will be at a different location -- it's moving, remember? We can find the magnetic field by using the equation above: For example, consider a charge q moving in the $+\hat{x}$ direction. We want to know the magnetic field at point P that is a distance d away from the charge in the $\hat{y}$ direction at the instant the moving change is at the origin. Here, notice that must specific when we want to find the magnetic field as the change before or after that time will be at a different location -- it's moving, remember? We can find the magnetic field by using the equation above:
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