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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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.