Re: Plotting Magnetic Fields

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From: William M. Schmidt
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1989 02:15

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In article <101@avatar.UUCP>, kory@avatar.UUCP (Kory Hamzeh) writes:
> I would like to write a program which will graphicly draw the 
> flux lines between to magnets. I've looked through several physics
> 
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I'd suggest that you work from the vector potential. It's easy in the
2-d case as it only has one component. The field lines are then lines
of constant vector potential.

Bill Schmidt
Texas Accelerator Center

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From: emcalc@sugar.uu.net (William M. Schmidt)
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Subject: Re: Plotting Magnetic Fields
Summary: Use the vector potential
Keywords: Plotting Magnets Flux
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Date: 13 Feb 89 02:15:48 GMT
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