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Energy density and flux of a plane electromagnetic wave
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Electromagnetic wave
Poynting vector
Poynting theorem
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2026-09-24
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For
a
vacuum
plane wave
,
B
=
k
×
E
/
c
, so
S
=
ϵ
0
c
E
2
k
.
(1)
The electric and
magnetic energy
densities
are equal, and the
time
averages
satisfy
⟨
S
⟩
=
c
⟨
u
⟩
k
.
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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2023
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ib
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Paper 1
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15D
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d
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