We intend to study the motion of a small magnetic dipole in the vicinity of a conducting thin film. In the problem text, the terms dipole and monopole are to be regarded, respectively, as synonymous with magnetic dipole and magnetic monopole.
A dipole consisting of a spherical permanent magnet with a uniform magnetization M (magnetic dipole moment per unit volume) and a uniform mass density ρ0 may be treated as a point-like object when its radius R is small. Such a dipole representation is good for describing the magnetic field that the dipole produces everywhere outside of its sphere. The representation is also a good approximation for the force acting on the dipole from an applied magnetic field, whenever distances of field sources from the dipole are much larger than R.
A point-like dipole can be considered as a pair of monopoles carrying negative and positive magnetic charges −qm and qm respectively. The pair has a vanishingly small separation, but possesses a finite magnetic dipole moment m=qmδm. Here δm is the displacement vector from the south monopole (−qm) to the north monopole (+qm). The position of the point-like dipole is chosen to be that of the north monopole.
The magnetic field Bmp from a monopole qm is assumed to have a Coulombic form, given by
Bmp=4πr2μ0qmr^,(1)
where r is the displacement vector from qm to the observation point (or field point), r^ is the unit vector r^=r/r, and μ0 is the free-space permeability. The force exerted by an applied magnetic field B′ on qm is given by F=qmB′. It follows, from extending the concept of the monopole field just described in Eq.(1), that the magnetic field B from a point-dipole is derivable from a scalar potential Φ , given by the form B=−∇Φ. The scalar potential Φ is also called the magnetic potential.
The conducting thin film is uniform with thickness d in the z direction (Fig. 1). It extends horizontally in x and y directions to infinity and its upper surface is located at a distance h from either a point monopole or a dipole. We consider only the case h≫d. This allows us to take the electric current density induced in the film to be independent of z. We also assume that the displacement current effect to be negligible.
Fig.1 A monopole qm appears at a distance h from a conducting thin film of thickness d. The origin of the coordinates is located on the upper surface.
The problem is divided into three parts. In Part A, the system consists of a monopole and a thin film, while in Parts B and C, a moving dipole and a thin film.
We choose the z=0 plane to coincide with the upper surface of the thin film. The vector ρ=xx^+yy^=ρρ^ denotes the in-plane position vector.
Part A. Sudden appearance of a magnetic monopole: initial response and subsequent time evolution of the response in the thin film (3.0 points)
We first focus on the initial response of the conducting thin film when at time t=0 a north monopole qm appears suddenly at the position rmp=hz^(h>0), as is shown in Fig. 1. The monopole remains stationary in all later times (t>0).
Our interest here is the initial total magnetic field B(ρ,z) in regions z≥0 and z≤−d, and the induced electric current density in the thin film. The total magnetic field B=Bmp+B′, where magnetic fields Bmp and B′ are, respectively, due to the monopole and the induced current in the thin film. The initial B(ρ,z) we refer to is at the time t0, which falls within the interval h/c≤t0≪τc. Here τc is a time constant characterizing the subsequent response of the thin film, and c is the speed of light in vacuum. In this problem, we take the limit h/c→0 and hence let t0=0.
The calculation of the initial total magnetic field B(ρ,z) (at t0=0) is facilitated by introducing an image monopole. For B(ρ,z) in the region z≥0, the image monopole has a magnetic charge qm and is located at z=−h. On the other hand, for B(ρ,z) in the region z≤−d , the image monopole has a magnetic charge −qm and is located at z=h.
Initial response
A.1 Obtain the initial total magnetic field B(ρ,z) in z≥0 at t0=0. [0,4 т.]
A.2 Obtain the initial total magnetic field B(ρ,z) in z≤−d at t0=0. [0,2 т.]
A.3 Find the initial magnetic flux ΦB through surfaces at z=0, and at z=−d. [0,4 т.]
A.4 Obtain the initial induced electric current density j(ρ) in the conducting thin film at t0=0. [0,6 т.]
For t>0, the total magnetic field B becomes B(ρ,z;t)=Bmp(ρ,z)+B′(ρ,z;t), by superposition, with B′(ρ,z;t) due to the induced electric current in the thin film. You are required below to obtain an equation for Bz′(ρ,z;t) near the z=0 thin film surface. The time-evolution behavior of Bz′ would reveal a moving image-monopole picture for the description of the B′ field near z≈0 in t>0.
The equation for Bz′ inside the thin film is given below,
∂z2∂2Bz′(ρ,z;t)=μ0σ∂t∂Bz′(ρ,z;t).(2)
This equation has been obtained from imposing inside the thin film the Maxwell equation and the Ohmic behavior of the conducting thin film (j=σE, where σ is the electrical conductivity) while neglecting the displacement-current effect. Term being neglected on the left-hand side of Eq.(2) is ρ1∂ρ∂(ρ∂ρ∂Bz′), based on the h≫d condition.
Subsequent response
A.5 Obtain from Eq. (2) an equation of Bz′(ρ,z;t) near z≈0. The equation contains first partial derivatives of Bz′(ρ,z;t) with respect to z, and, separately, to t. [0,6 т.]
A.6 Solve for the general form of Bz′(ρ,z;t) near z≈0 in t>0. [0,4 т.]
A.7 Show that your solution in A.6 reveals a moving image-monopole picture for the magnetic field Bz′(ρ,z≈0;t), with a downwardly moving velocity. Find the speed v0 of the image monopole in terms of known parameters from the problem text. [0,4 т.]
Part B. Magnetic force acting on a point-like dipole moving with a constant velocity and at a constant h (4.0 points)
The moving image-monopole concept developed in A.7 for Bz′ near z≈0 can be assumed to hold also for the B′ field in the z≥0 region. This assumption is good as long as the time evolution is sufficiently slow in the conducting thin film response.
Fig. 2 A monopole qm moves with a constant velocity v and a constant height h from the conducting thin film. As shown are its coordinates at t=0.
A monopole qm (Fig. 2) is caused to move in a constant velocity vx^, with v≪c, and a constant height, at z=h, motion up to the present moment (t=0). Its present coordinates (x,y) are (0,0). Our focus is on the magnetic potential Φ+ due to all image monopoles generated by this moving monopole along its trajectory.
By splitting qm's trajectory into discrete time steps (a very small time step τ), we replace the motion of the qm by a hopping at the beginning moment of each time step. The hopping is represented by a simultaneous removal and creation of the monopoles. The position of the created monopole coincides with a point on its trajectory right at the beginning moment of this time step. Thus the position of the removed monopole coincides with its trajectory position at the beginning moment of the previous time step. This is achieved by a simultaneous sudden appearance of two magnetic monopoles: qm and −qm at, respectively, the trajectory positions corresponding to the beginning moments of this and the previous time step. The two positions are separated by a hopping distance Δx=vτ. This time-step approach facilitates the determination of all the image magnetic monopoles, and their positions, that are generated in all the time steps.
A moving monopole
B.1 Write down the present (t=0) positions of all the image monopoles of the types qm and −qm. The beginning moments of the time steps are at t=−nτ, where n≥0. [0,8 т.]
B.2 Find the summation form of the magnetic potential Φ+(x,z) at t=0 from all the image monopoles in B.1. Calculate Φ+(x,z). [0,7 т.]
Fig. 3 A dipole with an upward-pointing magnetic dipole moment m moves with a constant v and a constant height h from the conducting thin film. As shown are its coordinates at t=0.
Now consider a point-like moving magnetic dipole as shown in Fig. 3. The dipole, with a dipole moment m=mz^, is caused to move in a constant velocity vx^ , and a constant height (z=h) motion up to the present moment (t=0), where its present coordinates are at (0,0). The point-like dipole can be represented by two slightly displaced monopoles as has been mentioned in the Introduction section. The location of the magnetic dipole is chosen to be that of the north monopole, and m is assumed kept fixed.
A moving dipole
B.3 Find the force F acting upon the point-like magnetic dipole by the conducting thin film at t=0. [1,5 т.]
Relation between v0 and v
For the numerical evaluation in this Part below, we consider a conducting thin film that is made of copper, such that σ=5.9×107Ω−1m−1, d=0.50 cm, and h=5.0 cm.
B.4 Calculate the value of v0, the speed of the image dipole as according to A.7. [0,3 т.]
It is known that the penetration depth δ (called skin depth), which distance an electromagnetic wave can penetrate into a conducting slab, depends on the angular frequency ω of the wave. The dependence is given by
δ=ωμ0σ2.(3)
For the consideration below, we take ω=vL/h, where vL equals the larger velocity of v and v0.
B.5 Obtain the v dependence of v0(v) in both the small and the large v regimes. [0,4 т.]
B.6 Obtain the critical velocity v=vc at which the two regimes in B.5 meet. [0,3 т.]
Part C. Motion of the magnetic dipole when the conducting thin film is superconducting (3.0 points)
The consideration above can be applied to the case of type-I superconductors, where magnetic fields are completely repelled from the superconductors (the Meissner effect) at all times, by taking the limit that electrical conductivity σ→∞.
Here we consider a point-like magnetic dipole with a horizontal magnetic dipole moment m=mx^, a mass M0, and located at (x,y,z)=(0,0,h). We focus on vertical motions of the magnetic dipole under the action of a gravitational field, with gravitational acceleration g=−gz^. Weak coupling between the given dipole orientation and its center-of-mass motion is assumed and is neglected. As such, we fix the magnetic dipole moment, as is given above, for our considerations below. In addition, we assume an ultra-high vacuum environment so that no damping to the motion from the residual air needs to be considered.
C.1 Find the equilibrium distance h0 of the dipole from the superconducting thin film. [1,2 т.]
C.2 Find the dipole angular frequency Ω of oscillations about the equilibrium. [0,8 т.]
Physical parameters for a spherical permanent magnet are as follows: radius R=1.0μm, mass density ρ0=7400 kg m−3, g=9.8 m s−2, μ0=4π×10−7 TA−1m, and magnetization ∣M∣=75×10−2 T/μ0.
C.3 Calculate the value of h0. [0,7 т.]
C.4 Calculate the value of Ω . [0,3 т.]
Отговори
A.7v0=μ0σd2
B.4 5.4 m/s
B.6vc=d2μ0σ2h=v0dh
C.1h0=[64πM0g3μ0m2]1/4
C.2Ω=h04g
C.3 25 μm
C.4 1300 s⁻¹
The official solution prints the result as “1.3 kHz” for the angular frequency and substitutes h0 = 30×10⁻⁶ m, although C.3 gives h0 = 25 μm.
Решение
Theory 3 Magnetic Levitation: Solution
Part A. Sudden appearance of a magnetic monopole: initial response and subsequent time evolution of the response in the thin film
Initial response
A.1 In the z≥0 region, excluding the point occupied by the monopole, the magnetic field B=B′+Bmp at t=t0=0 is given by
A.5 Consider the form of an integral of Eq.(2), in the Question sheet, over the film thickness, we get, for z≈0 inside the film (that is z<0 and ∣z∣≪d), that
Since Bz′ is an even function of z′=z+d/2, therefore we have ∂z∂Bz′z=−∂z∂Bz′−d−z so that the left-hand side of Eq.(A-9) becomes 2∂z∂Bz′(ρ,z;t). The right-hand side is approximated by the z-independent term of Bz′ inside the film thickness. On the other hand, the z-dependent term of Bz′ is even in z′ and is of order ∼z′2d/h so that it can be neglected based on the h≫d condition. As such the right-hand side is represented by Bz′(ρ,z;t). Putting these results together, we get
2∂z∂Bz′(ρ,z;t)=μ0σd∂t∂Bz′(ρ,z;t)
⇒∂t∂Bz′(ρ,z;t)=v0∂z∂Bz′(ρ,z;t).(A−10)
Here z≈0, and v0=2/(μ0σd).
A.6 The equation in A.5, namely, Eq.(A-10) supports a solution of the form
Bz′(ρ,z;t)=f(ρ,z+v0t),(A−11)
and at z≈0.
A.7 At t=0, Bz′(ρ,z≥0)=4πμ0qm[(z+h)2+ρ2]3/2(z+h), which is of the form
Bz′(ρ,z≥0)=F(ρ,z+h).(A−12)
For t>0, we have according to Eq.(A-11), the replacement
z→z+v0t, to the Bz′(ρ,z;t=0).(A−13)
In other words, Bz′(ρ,z≈0;t)=F(ρ,z+v0t+h).
This corresponds to a physical picture of a moving image monopole, with its position
zmp=−h−v0t.(A−14)
Finally, v0=2/(μ0σd). (A-15)
Part B. Magnetic force acting on a point-like magnetic dipole moving at a constant h with a constant velocity
A moving monopole
B.1 The present locations of all the image magnetic monopoles of type qm are at
(x,z)=[−nvτ,−h−nv0τ], for n≥0.(B−1)
The locations of all the image magnetic monopoles −qm are at
(x,z)=[−(n+1)vτ,−h−nv0τ], for n≥0.(B−2)
B.2 The magnetic potential Φ+(x,z) due to all the image magnetic monopoles at t=0 is given by, in summation form
B.5 In the small v regime, meaning that v is smaller than a certain typical velocity of the system (or a critical velocity vc to be considered in the next task B.6) we have the characteristics basically akin to that of v≈0. For v=0, the frequency ω is associated with v0/h. Making use of the parameters given in B.4, the skin depth (Eq.(3) in the question sheet) δ is given by
δ=ωμ0σ2=v0μ0σ2h=1.58 c.m., which is more than three times greater than d.
Thus we have, in the small v regime,
v0(v)=v0.(B−16)
In the large v regime, we have the skin depth δ<d so that the effect thin film thickness
deff=δ,(B−17)
within which the field is more or less uniform (i.e. z independent).
B.6 The critical velocity vc is determined from the condition δ=d :
d=μ0σvc/h2⇒vc=d2μ0σ2h=v0dh.(B−20)
Part C Motion of the magnetic dipole when the conducting thin film is superconducting
When the electrical conductivity σ→∞, the receding velocity v0→0 so that there will not be a whole series of image magnetic monopoles. Instead, the image is simply one image magnetic dipole mirroring the instantaneous position of the magnetic dipole. In this case, the image magnetic dipole is m=mx^ located at the location (x,y,z)=(0,0,−h). It is then clear, from the symmetry of the image configuration, that the force on the magnetic dipole from the image aligns only along z^. For our convenience, we take the magnetic monopole −qm to locate at x=0, and for the magnetic monopole qm the location x=δm.
C.1
The total magnetic potential ΦT(x,z) from the image magnetic dipole is