Bernard Jancewicz and Piotr Brzeski 2005 Eur. J. Phys. 26 617 doi:10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/007
Bernard Jancewicz and Piotr Brzeski
Show affiliationsA new way of visualizing magnetostatic fields is presented with the aid of field surfaces. They are counterparts of the electric field lines. Their characteristic property is that the Lorentz forces are tangent to them. Moreover, they have their boundaries on electric currents.
41.20.Gz Magnetostatics; magnetic shielding, magnetic induction, boundary-value problems
Issue 4 (July 2005)
Received 14 January 2005, in final form 22 February 2005
Published 6 May 2005
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