Magnetic-field cancellation of an arc and tangent leads
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Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
For a circular arc of radius carrying clockwise electric current and subtending angle , with two tangent semi-infinite leads extending on the crossing side of the arc, the axial magnetic field at height above the centre isThe crossing is insulated. The positive term is from the two leads and the negative term from the arc, with out of the clockwise-current plane. The Biot-Savart law yields the lead integral . Cancellation of the axial component gives the title formula, expanding to in radians. This is cancellation of one component away from the plane, not necessarily the entire magnetic field.
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