Equation Sheet

News Page - Course Info - Aides - Instructors - References - Textbooks - Solutions Page - Syllabus - Physics 1b - Physics 1c - TIDE Info - Java 1.1 Applets

 

To Find or Apply

Use This Equation

Page

Coulomb’s Law

7

Work done in assembling an N charge system

13

Electric Field of a Charge Distribution at Point (x,y,z)

16

Flux

22

Gauss’s Law

24

Field of a Spherical Charge Distribution

25

Field of a Line Charge

28

Field of an Infinite Sheet

28

Potential Energy of a System

32

Derivation of E Field from Potential

48

Differential Form of Gauss’s Law

58

Poisson’s Equation

64

Laplace’s Equation

64

Stokes’s Theorem

70

E Field at a Point Above an Infinite Plane

99

Capacitance

103

Parallel Plate Capacitor

105

Potential Energy Stored in Capacitance

110

Current Density

125

Current in Terms of J

126

Ohm’s Law

129

Relationship Between E field and J

132

Power in a Circuit

153

Charge in a Circuit After the Switch is Closed

160

Current in a Circuit After the Switch is Closed

160

Magnetic Field

173

Amount of Charge Inside a Boundary (Moving Charge)

175

Invariance of Charge

178

Electric Field Transformation

|| = E||      ;    ^ = g E^

181

Fields of Point Charge Moving with Constant Velocity

 

183

E Field of Moving Charge (Constant Velocity)

185

Angle Change in Field Lines due to Acceleration of Charge

189

Force in Relation to q and E is Independent of Frame

191

Linear Density of Negative Charge in Electron’s Rest Frame

195

Magnetic Field Surrounding a Current Carrying Wire

209

Current in a Wire in Regards to n and v

211

Current Versus Magnetic Field

217

Curl B

219

Div B

219

Vector Potential

220

Biot-Savart Law

225

Field at Center of Ring

227

Field of Infinite Solenoid

228

Jump in B Field Across an Infinite Sheet

232

Transformation of Fields

|| = E||       ^ = g(E^ + b ´ B^)

|| = B||       ^ = g(B^ + b ´ E^)

239

Emf From a Loop Moving Through a Magnetic Field (Nonuniform)

263

Emf of a Spinning Loop Through a Magnetic Field

268

Faraday’s Law of Induction

272

E in Relation to B

273

Mutual Inductance

277

Self Inductance

281

Energy in Magnetic Field

286

AC Circuit Equations

298

a for a Resonant Circuit

299

w for a Resonant Circuit

299

Current in an LR Circuit

305

Current in an RC Circuit

306

Ohm’s Law with Impedances

314

Average Power in AC Circuit

315

Displacement Current

328

Maxwell’s Equations

330

Maxwell’s Equations in Empty Space

331

Power Density of Electromagnetic Wave

340

Wave Transformation Invariant

343

Dipole Moment

356

Polar Components of the E Field from a Dipole

357

Torque on a Dipole

359

Force on a Dipole

361

Spatial Average of E Field

370

E field and Capacitance of Dielectric

~370

Maxwell’s Eqs. for an Electromagnetic Wave in a Dielectric

390

Vector Potential of a Magnetic Field

408

Force on a Magnetic Dipole

413

Torque on a Magnetic Dipole

419

Magnetic Susceptibility

422

Surface Current

424

Curl M

427

H Field

432

Magnetic Permeability

437

 

 
News Page - Course Info - Aides - Instructors - References - Textbooks - Solutions Page - Syllabus - Physics 1b - Physics 1c - TIDE Info - Java 1.1 Applets
Questions or comments? Send Email to phys1@cco.caltech.edu