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Improved prescription for winding an electromagnet

Classical Physics 2022-01-12 v1

Abstract

We describe an improvement on the magnetic scalar potential approach to the design of an electromagnet, which incorporates the need to wind the coil as a helix. Any magnetic field that can be described by a magnetic scalar potential is produced with high fidelity within a Target region; all fields are confined within a larger Return. The helical winding only affects the field in the Return.

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@article{arxiv.2102.00149,
  title  = {Improved prescription for winding an electromagnet},
  author = {C. B. Crawford and Joseph P. Straley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.00149},
  year   = {2022}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures

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