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Determine the magnetostatic field in the continuum hyperboloid setup from boundary conditions

Determine the complete magnetostatic field H(r) with rotational symmetry about the z-axis for the continuum limit (N → ∞) of straight equidistant currents arranged on the hyperboloid x^2 + y^2 − (z cot φ)^2 = R^2 with total current J, by solving the divergence-free equation ∇ · H(r) = 0 for H(r) = H_z(r,z) e_z + H_r(r,z) e_r subject to the following boundary conditions on the xy-plane: outside the hyperboloid (r > R), H(r, z=0) = (J sin φ)/(2π r) e_z × e_r; inside the hyperboloid (r < R), H(r, z=0) points along e_z with magnitude J cos φ/(2π R). Ascertain whether these boundary conditions are sufficient to determine H(r,z) everywhere and derive the explicit solution.

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Background

The paper studies the static magnetic field produced by straight currents arranged equidistantly on the surface of a hyperboloid defined by x2 + y2 − (z cot φ)2 = R2. After deriving expressions for the field along the central axis and analyzing the continuum limit (N → ∞) with fixed total current J, the author uses rotational symmetry about the z-axis to reduce the problem.

On the xy-plane, the author derives explicit boundary conditions: outside the hyperboloid (r > R), the field is azimuthal with magnitude (J sin φ)/(2π r); inside (r < R), the field points in the z-direction with constant magnitude J cos φ/(2π R). The author then proposes solving the divergence-free condition ∇ * H = 0 for a field of the form H(r) = H_z(r,z) e_z + H_r(r,z) e_r using these boundary conditions, but reports not having obtained the complete solution and leaves it as an exercise.

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The author conjecture that these boundary conditions are sufficient to determine the field from the partial differential equation ∇ * H( r ) = (1 / r) ∂ / ∂ r ( r H_r ) + ∂ / ∂ z H_z = 0, where H( r ) = H_z( r, z ) e_z + H_r( r, z ) e_r, but has not obtained the complete solution yet. We leave the problem as a future exercise.

Magnetic Field Induced by Straight Currents on the Hyperboloid (2509.04407 - Nishino, 4 Sep 2025) in Section 2 (Straight Currents on a Hyperboloid), continuum limit discussion; following Eq. (20)