In vector calculus, a vector potential is a vector field whose curl is a given vector field. This is analogous to a scalar potential, which is a scalar...
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In classical electromagnetism, magnetic vector potential (often called A) is the vector quantity defined so that its curl is equal to the magnetic field:...
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electrostatics, the electrostatic field is a vector quantity expressed as the gradient of the electrostatic potential, which is a scalar quantity denoted by...
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four-potential is a relativistic vector function from which the electromagnetic field can be derived. It combines both an electric scalar potential and...
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pushing it over the edge. In physics, a potential may refer to the scalar potential or to the vector potential. In either case, it is a field defined in...
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confusion with vector potential). The scalar potential is an example of a scalar field. Given a vector field F, the scalar potential P is defined such...
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In vector calculus, a conservative vector field is a vector field that is the gradient of some function. A conservative vector field has the property...
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Killing vector field, a vector field on a Riemannian manifold Solenoidal vector field, a vector field with zero divergence Vector potential, a vector field...
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Magnetic field (redirect from Potential magnetic field)
}{\partial t}}.\end{aligned}}} The vector potential, A given by this form may be interpreted as a generalized potential momentum per unit charge just as...
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is satisfied whenever a vector field v has only a vector potential component, because the definition of the vector potential A as: v = ∇ × A {\displaystyle...
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