Question: Problem 2 : Meissner effect [ 4 0 points ] The magnetic scalar potential outside a spinning shell ( radius R , angular velocity ,

Problem 2: Meissner effect [40 points]
The magnetic scalar potential outside a spinning shell (radius R, angular velocity , total charge
q) of charge is:
out=-0qR212r2P1(cos)
a. Show that the magnetic field outside a spinning spherical shell of charge is
vec(B)(?bar(r))=-gradM(vec(r))=04(3vec(m)*vec(r)r5vec(r)-vec(m)r3)
where the magnetic dipole moment of the spinning sphere is
vec(m)=13qR2vec().
b. Below the critical magnetic field Hc, type I superconductors exhibit the Meissner effect, in
which all magnetic fields are excluded from the volume of the superconductor. Consider a
superconducting sphere of radius a placed in an otherwise uniform magnetic induction B0.
Since the magnetic field is excluded from the sphere, the magnetic induction B is tangent to
the sphere at its surface as shown in Figure below.
i. Show that the total magnetic induction outside the sphere is
vec(B)(vec(r))=vec(B)0+04(3vec(m)*vec(r)r5vec(r)-vec(m)r3)
where the induced dipole moment is
vec(m)=-2a30vec(B)0
ii. Calculate the energy required to place the sphere in the magnetic field.
[hint: the magnetic field induction exerts a pressure on the surface of the sphere. Compute W
done on the field first when the radius of the sphere expands from r to r+r.]
[10 points]
 Problem 2: Meissner effect [40 points] The magnetic scalar potential outside

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