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Kirchhoff's Current Law with Displacement Current

Classical Physics 2024-10-28 v1 Quantitative Methods Quantum Physics

Abstract

Kirchhoff's Current Law is an essential tool in the design of circuits that operate very quickly, faster than nanoseconds. But Kirchhoff's current is often identified as the flow of particles. The continuity equation or the Maxwell-Ampere law shows that the sum of displacement current plus\textbf{plus} particle current is conserved by Maxwell's equations and Kirchhoff's law. Kirchoff included the displacement current in the current of his law, from early on. This Kirchhoff current (including the displacement current) does not vary with spatial location in the ionic channels of biology. Electronic circuits switching in nanoseconds are analyzed using the Bohm representation of quantum mechanics including particle and displacement current.

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@article{arxiv.2207.08277,
  title  = {Kirchhoff's Current Law with Displacement Current},
  author = {Robert Eisenberg and Xavier Oriols and David K. Ferry},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.08277},
  year   = {2024}
}

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