 Cylindrical magnetostatic pressure balance

For an axisymmetric vector field independent of the axial coordinate and regular on the axis, Gauss's law for magnetism gives $B_R=0$. The magnetostatic Ampère-Maxwell equation then gives $j_R=0$, $j_{\varphi }=-c{B}_z^{\prime }/(4\pi )$, and $j_z=c(R{B}_{\varphi }{)}^{\prime }/(4\pi R)$ in Gaussian units. Radial magnetostatic equilibrium isFor enclosed axial electric current $I(R)$, the magnetostatic Ampère-Maxwell equation gives $B_{\varphi }=2I/(cR)$, henceThe first term contains pressure and axial magnetic pressure; the second combines toroidal magnetic pressure with the hoop force from magnetic tension.