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Past exam of the physics 2 paper of the University of Oxford 2018 3 Solution by
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The continuity equation for electric charge is . Taking the divergence of the magnetostatic Ampère's law would instead require . The displacement current repairs this conflict: using Gauss's law, , so the Ampère-Maxwell equation isIn the parallel-plate capacitor, neglect fringing fields and take . A circular Ampère loop of radius encloses displacement current . Therefore the magnetic field between circular capacitor plates has phasor and amplitudeIt is zero on the axis, grows linearly with radius, and is azimuthal by the right-hand rule. This is a quasistatic approximation: in addition to , the uniform-field model requires and excludes the edge region. The answer gives the oscillation amplitude, rather than a time-independent instantaneous magnitude.
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