How to prove the existence of the following equation?

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I learned electrodynamics. According to the vector potential determination, $$ \mathbf B = [\nabla \times \mathbf A ], $$ Coulomb gauge, $$ \nabla \mathbf A = 0, $$ and one of Maxwell's equations, $$ [\nabla \times \mathbf B ] = \frac{1}{c}4\pi \mathbf j, $$

I can assume, that

$$ [\nabla \times \mathbf B ] = \nabla (\nabla \mathbf A) - \Delta \mathbf A = -\Delta \mathbf A = \frac{1}{c}4 \pi \mathbf j. $$ How to prove that the one of the solutions of this equation is solution like newtonian potential, $$ \mathbf A = \frac{1}{c}\int \limits_{V} \frac{\mathbf j (r) d^{3}\mathbf r}{|\mathbf r - \mathbf r_{0}|}? $$

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Skipping the part about the Green's function, you should apply Fourier transformation on your equation

$$-\Delta \mathbf A = \frac{1}{c}4 \pi \mathbf j.$$

to change it into

$$k^2 \tilde{\mathbf{A}} = \frac{1}{c}4 \pi \tilde{\mathbf{j}}$$

or

$$\tilde{\mathbf{A}} = \frac{1}{c}4 \pi \tilde{\mathbf{j}}\cdot\frac{1}{k^2}$$

The left hand side is a product, so the inverse Fourier transform will be a convolution. The inverse Fourier transform of $1/k^2$ is $1/|r|$ in 3D, as you can see in formula 502. Therefore one gets

$$\mathbf A = \frac{1}{c}\int \limits_{V} \frac{\mathbf j (r) d^{3}\mathbf r}{|\mathbf r - \mathbf r_{0}|} \; .$$