PHYS 220 — Homework #8
For this homework assignment, you'll need the results
of Lab #8.
This homework is due Wednesday, 2 April.
- Explain the discrepancies between your results and the theoretical
values for B in the middle and at the ends of the solenoid for the
various N & h parameters in #2 of Lab #8.
- For an ideal, long solenoid, the B-field inside is uniform and
zero outside. Explain the results depicted in the top panel of
my visualization script.
- In lines #60–#64 of
my visualization script, the
B-field is set to zero if the point lies within 5 units of the
origin. This was done for strictly for visualization purposes.
Explain.
- Does the B-field depicted in the bottom panel of
my visualization script make
sense physically? Explain.
- Describe an exceedingly simply physical system that would give
results qualitatively similar to those depicted in the bottom
panel.
- Explain the asymmetry in the bottom panel of
my visualization script.