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Magnetic field of a uniformly conducting strip (B(z))

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For an infinitely long thin strip of width w carrying uniform longitudinal current I, the magnetic field a perpendicular distance z>0 above its centre has magnitude B=μ0​Iarctan(w/(2z))/(πw). Its near-sheet limit is μ0​I/(2w) and its distant line-current limit is μ0​I/(2πz).

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