Exercise 1


1) Start up the program SilverHammer. In the Charge window, enter a single point charge. Choose the acceleration tool and give it an acceleration. Advance the time bar a few ticks.

2) In the "Fields" menu choose "Use Acceleration Fields Only". Select Electric Fields.

3) In the Graphs window choose the density plot tool. Create a graph of the electric field.

4) In the "Fields" menu choose "Magnetic Fields" and create a graph of the magnetic field at the same time.

What do you notice about the shape of the magnitude of these fields?

 


Go on to Retarded Time.


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