Paper 2, Section II, A
Consider the magnetic field
where and are unit vectors in the and directions, respectively. Imposing that this satisfies the expected equations for a static magnetic field in a vacuum, find and .
A circular wire loop of radius , mass and resistance lies in the plane with its centre on the -axis at and a magnetic field as given above. Calculate the magnetic flux through the loop arising from this magnetic field and also the force acting on the loop when a current is flowing around the loop in a clockwise direction about the -axis.
At , the centre of the loop is at the origin, travelling with velocity , where . Ignoring gravity and relativistic effects, and assuming that is only the induced current, find the time taken for the speed to halve in terms of and . By what factor does the rate of heat generation change in this time?
Where is the loop as as a function of