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gabriel109
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When a current flows into or out of the capacitor plates, a magnetic field is created between them. Even though there are no charges flowing in the space between the plates, there is still a magnetic field and the source of that field is an uncharged current called a “displacement current”.
Suppose that the parallel plate capacitor with area A is fully charged with a charge Q and disconnected from the source. Then the area of the plates is doubled, then the charge Q will be distributed over twice the initial surface which gives us a smaller electric field E/2. Does this variation in the electric field produce a magnetic field?
It depends on which formula I analyze it with and I see a different result.
Using the Ampere-Maxwell equation with the derivative of the electric flux:
there is no variation in the electric flux since the area doubles but the electric field decreases by half (that is, I have the same initial flux EA) so the right side of the equation is equal to zero.
On the other hand, if I take into account the partial derivative of the electric field:
there is a change since the electric field decreases by half so the right hand side of the equation is not equal to zero.
I am getting different results. Where am I going wrong?
Suppose that the parallel plate capacitor with area A is fully charged with a charge Q and disconnected from the source. Then the area of the plates is doubled, then the charge Q will be distributed over twice the initial surface which gives us a smaller electric field E/2. Does this variation in the electric field produce a magnetic field?
It depends on which formula I analyze it with and I see a different result.
Using the Ampere-Maxwell equation with the derivative of the electric flux:
there is no variation in the electric flux since the area doubles but the electric field decreases by half (that is, I have the same initial flux EA) so the right side of the equation is equal to zero.
On the other hand, if I take into account the partial derivative of the electric field:
there is a change since the electric field decreases by half so the right hand side of the equation is not equal to zero.
I am getting different results. Where am I going wrong?
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