General relation for the vector magnetic field of a circular current loop: A closer look

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages 961-967

  Schill Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetics; Helmholtz coil; Low frequency time varying magnetic fields; Magnetostatics; Measurements and instruments

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSTATICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

BIOELECTROMAGNETICS; CIRCULAR CURRENT LOOP; HELMHOLTZ COIL; VECTOR MAGNETIC FIELD;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0037358568     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.808597     Document Type: Article

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