H.W.: The maximum magnetic field at a distance of 10 m from an isotropic point light source is 9 × 10-9 T . Calculate: (a) The maximum value of the electric field (b) The average intensity of the light there (c) The power of the source (d) The instantaneous energy density associated with electric and magnetic field and the total instantaneous energy density (f) Poynting vector

H.W.: The maximum magnetic field at a distance of 10 m from an isotropic point light source is 9 × 10-9 T . Calculate: (a) The maximum value of the electric field (b) The average intensity of the light there (c) The power of the source (d) The instantaneous energy density associated with electric and magnetic field and the total instantaneous energy density (f) Poynting vector

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Chapter16: Electromagnetic Waves

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