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The magnetic field inside a circular parallel plate capacitor of...

The magnetic field inside a circular parallel plate capacitor of radius RR is observed to be directly proportional to the radial distance rr from the central axis. If the magnitude of this magnetic field at any fixed point inside the capacitor is constant in time, what is the time dependence of the electric field EE between the plates?

Options

  1. AEE is constant in time
  2. BEE varies quadratically with time
  3. CEE varies sinusoidally with time
  4. DEE varies linearly with time

Correct answer

D. EE varies linearly with time

Step-by-step solution

According to the Ampere-Maxwell law, the magnetic field BB inside the capacitor at a radial distance rr is given by ∮B⃗⋅dl⃗=μ0Id,enclosed\oint \vec{B} \cdot d\vec{l} = \mu_0 I_{d,\text{enclosed}}.

Since the enclosed displacement current Id,enclosed=Jd(πr2)I_{d,\text{enclosed}} = J_d (\pi r^2), we have B(2πr)=μ0Jdπr2⇒B=μ0Jdr2B(2\pi r) = \mu_0 J_d \pi r^2 \Rightarrow B = \dfrac{\mu_0 J_d r}{2}.

We are given that BB is constant in time at any fixed point rr. This implies that the displacement current density JdJ_d must be constant in time.

The displacement current density is related to the electric field by Jd=ϵ0dEdtJ_d = \epsilon_0 \dfrac{dE}{dt}.

For JdJ_d to be a non-zero constant, the rate of change of the electric field dEdt\dfrac{dE}{dt} must be constant. Therefore, the electric field EE must vary linearly with time.

Answer: EE varies linearly with time
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