JEE Main & Advanced Physics Wave Optics / तरंग प्रकाशिकी Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    A long straight wire of resistance R, radius a and length l carries a constant current I. The Poynting vector for the wire will be

    A)            \[\frac{IR}{2\pi al}\]          

    B)            \[\frac{I{{R}^{2}}}{al}\]

    C)            \[\frac{{{I}^{2}}R}{al}\]    

    D)            \[\frac{{{I}^{2}}R}{2\pi al}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               Electric field \[E=\frac{v}{l}=\frac{iR}{l}\] (R = Resistance of wire) Magnetic field at the surface of wire \[B=\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}i}{2\pi a}\] (a = radius of wire) Hence poynting vector, directed radially inward is given by \[S=\frac{EB}{{{\mu }_{0}}}=\frac{iR}{{{\mu }_{0}}l}.\frac{{{\mu }_{0}}i}{2\pi a}=\frac{{{i}^{2}}R}{2\pi al}\]


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