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Can electric field lines form close loops in EM?

Physics Asked on March 28, 2021

I was reading on wikipedia about electric field lines

In the Precise definition part it says it can form close loops but Kelvin–Stokes theorem it’s written it cannot be closed loops. (My teacher too told me that they never form close loops) Please point out Where I’m being wrong?

I am asking about when can they form close loops? That question states Why can’t electrostatic field lines form closed loops?

2 Answers

A closed loop of $bf E$ never happens in static problems. But in dynamic problems you can get closed loops of $bf E$. The standard case is a region of space where there is a steadily increasing magnetic field. The electric field in this situation is in loops around the region where $bf B$ is increasing, in a similar pattern to the one you see for $bf B$ around a current-carrying wire.

To prove the above one can use Maxwell's equations, which are differential equations for these vector fields, but I am assuming you don't want that level of mathematical detail.

Correct answer by Andrew Steane on March 28, 2021

The field being talked about is the non-conservative , i.e. , induced electric field not the typical one constructed by a point charge or the static charge. The induced electric field follows from the theory of electromagnetic induction. Please check out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday%27s_law_of_induction for more insight. Thanks!

Answered by Aditya Garg on March 28, 2021

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