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Homework Statement
1) The magnetic field everywhere is tangential to the magnetic field lines, [itex]\vec{B}[/itex]=B[itex]\hat{e}t[/itex], where [itex]\hat{e}t[/itex] is the tangential unit vector. We know [itex]\frac{d\hat{e}t}{ds}[/itex]=(1/ρ)[itex]\hat{e}n[/itex]
, where ρ is the radius of curvature, s is the distance measured along a field line and [[itex]\hat{e}[/itex]][/n] is the normal unit vector to the field line.
Show the radius of curvature at any point on a magnetic field line is given by ρ=[itex]\frac{B^3}{abs(\vec{B}X(\vec{B}\bullet\vec{B})\vec{B}) }[/itex]
Homework Equations
[itex]\vec{B}[/itex]=B[[itex]\hat{e}[/itex]][/t]
[itex]\frac{d\hat{e}t}{ds}[/itex]=(1/ρ)[[itex]\hat{e}[/itex]][/n]
ρ=[itex]\frac{B^3}{abs(\vec{B}X(\vec{B}\bullet\vec{B})\vec{B}) }[/itex]
The Attempt at a Solution
solved the vector equation, and would then use some form of stokes theorem to equate it and find the value of ρ
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