Conservation of electric charge

Continuity equation for charge

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đź’Ľ Case: consider an arbitrary surface charge distribution where we define an infinitesimal surface $\text d \vec a$, an infinitesimal volume $\delta \tau '$ and where $\vec j$ is the flux coming out of the surface

$$ \frac{\text d Q}{\text d t} = \int _V \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} \,\text d\tau '=-\oint _S \vec j \cdot \text d \vec a=-\int _V \vec \nabla \cdot \vec j \, \text d \tau' $$

where we used the divergence theorem

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Continuity equation for charge: true for any arbitrary choice of volume

$$ \boxed{\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} + \vec \nabla \cdot \vec j =0} $$

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Ampère's law with Maxwell's correction

$$ 0=\vec \nabla\cdot (\vec \nabla \times \vec B)=\mu_0 ( \vec \nabla\cdot \vec j + \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t})= \mu_0 \left ( \vec \nabla \cdot \vec j + \epsilon_0 \frac{\partial}{\partial t} (\vec \nabla \cdot \vec E)\right ) $$

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Ampère's law with Maxwell's correction:

$$ \boxed{\vec \nabla \times \vec B = \mu_0\vec j + \epsilon_0 \mu_0 \frac{\partial \vec E}{\partial t}} $$

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Electromagnetic induction

đź’Ľ Case: consider a region of space with a magnetic field with some loop of wire going through it

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If we changed the system is in the follow way:

We get a reduction in the flux of the magnetic field through the loop wire

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Faraday’s Law:

$$ \boxed{\vec \nabla \times \vec E = - \frac{\partial \vec B}{\partial t}} $$

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🗒️ Note: direction of $\varepsilon, I$ is such that they oppose the change in flux $\Phi_m$ through the loop

Time dependent potentials