Measuring Maxwell’s displacement current inside a capacitor

D. F. Bartlett and T. R. Corle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 59 – Published 1 July 1985
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Abstract

We have measured the magnetic field directly inside a thin, circular, parallel-plate capacitor as it is being charged. We find that this field varies linearly with distance from the axis, as is to be expected if a uniform displacement current flows between the plates. The measured slope of B vs r agrees with predictions to within 5%.

  • Received 25 February 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.59

©1985 American Physical Society

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D. F. Bartlett and T. R. Corle

  • Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309

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Vol. 55, Iss. 1 — 1 July 1985

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