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Helmholtz coils revisited

Purcell, 1989

Document ID
947825719261861316
Author
Purcell E
Publication year
Publication venue
American Journal of Physics

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Two circular coaxial current rings of radius a, separated by a distance b, are usually called Helmholtz coils if b= a. That is the well‐known prescription for greatest uniformity of field in the neighborhood of the center of symmetry. Examined here is the magnetic field of a pair of …
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