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Part II, 2001
(i) Write down the two Maxwell equations that govern steady magnetic fields. Show that the boundary conditions satisfied by the magnetic field on either side of a current sheet, , with unit normal to the sheet , are
State without proof the force per unit area on .
(ii) Conducting gas occupies the infinite slab . It carries a steady current and a magnetic field where , depend only on . The pressure is . The equation of hydrostatic equilibrium is . Write down the equations to be solved in this case. Show that is independent of . Using the suffixes 1,2 to denote values at , respectively, verify that your results are in agreement with those of Part (i) in the case of .
Suppose that
Find everywhere in the slab.