B4.21
Part II, 2003
Describe the physical meaning of the various components of the stress-energy tensor of the electromagnetic field.
Suppose that one is given an electric field and a magnetic field . Show that the angular momentum about the origin of these fields is
where the integral is taken over all space.
A point electric charge is at the origin, and has electric field
A point magnetic monopole of strength is at and has magnetic field
Find the component, along the axis between the electric charge and the magnetic monopole, of the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field about the origin.
[Hint: You may find it helpful to express both and as gradients of scalar potentials.]