Gauss's Law for Magnetism Quiz

This statement implies that the magnetic field is a solenoidal vector field, and it is equivalent to the statement that magnetic monopoles do not exist.

The law is also called 'Absence of free magnetic poles' and is referred to as the 'transversality requirement' because for plane waves it requires that the polarization be transverse to the direction of propagation.

If magnetic monopoles were ever found, the law would have to be modified.

<p>Gauss's law for magnetism can be written in two forms, a differential form and an integral form, which are equivalent due to the divergence theorem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rather than 'magnetic charges', the basic entity for magnetism is the magnetic dipole. If monopoles were ever found, the law would have to be modified.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It has divergence equal to zero</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The law would have to be modified</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Magnetic dipole</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Absence of free magnetic poles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Due to the divergence theorem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It has divergence equal to zero</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Magnetic dipole</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Absence of free magnetic poles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The law would have to be modified</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Polarization to be transverse to the direction of propagation</p> Signup and view all the answers