The current density is the moving charge density times its velocity:For a cylindrical Gaussian surface of radius and length , cylindrical symmetry makes the electric field radial. Gauss's law gives . A circular Ampère's circuital law contour encloses electric current , giving . HenceThe right-hand rule fixes the positive azimuthal direction of the magnetic field for positive electric charge moving along . Both the electric field and the magnetic field vanish on the axis. These are the steady long-cylinder electric field and magnetic field; end effects and changes of the prescribed beam distribution are excluded.
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