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A common exercise in non-stationary electromagnetism is to find the electric and the magnetic field generated by a capacitor with round plates, if the potential difference between the plates varies in time (tipicallytypically $V=V_0 sin(wt)$$V=V_0 sin( \omega t)$ or $V= \alpha t$).

While finding the fields internal to the capacitor is pretty easy, I was struggling with those on the outside. $B$ is given instant per instant by Biot-Savart law and varies in time, so exists an electric field following the third Maxwell equation; However, I couldn't find an expression for $E$ without evident absurdities.

I thought that maybe with some approximations (quasi-stationarity?) such fields could be ignored. Some hints?

A common exercise in non-stationary electromagnetism is to find the electric and the magnetic field generated by a capacitor with round plates, if the potential difference between the plates varies in time (tipically $V=V_0 sin(wt)$ or $V= \alpha t$).

While finding the fields internal to the capacitor is pretty easy, I was struggling with those on the outside. $B$ is given instant per instant by Biot-Savart law and varies in time, so exists an electric field following the third Maxwell equation; However, I couldn't find an expression for $E$ without evident absurdities.

I thought that maybe with some approximations (quasi-stationarity?) such fields could be ignored. Some hints?

A common exercise in non-stationary electromagnetism is to find the electric and the magnetic field generated by a capacitor with round plates, if the potential difference between the plates varies in time (typically $V=V_0 sin( \omega t)$ or $V= \alpha t$).

While finding the fields internal to the capacitor is pretty easy, I was struggling with those on the outside. $B$ is given instant per instant by Biot-Savart law and varies in time, so exists an electric field following the third Maxwell equation; However, I couldn't find an expression for $E$ without evident absurdities.

I thought that maybe with some approximations (quasi-stationarity?) such fields could be ignored. Some hints?

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A common exercise in non-stationary electromagnetism is to find the electric and the magnetic field generated by a capacitor with round plates, if the potential difference between the plates varies in time (tipically $V=V_0 sin(wt)$ or $V= \alpha t$).

While finding the fields internal to the capacitor is pretty easy, I was struggling with those on the outside. $B$ is given instant per instant by Biot-Savart law and varies in time, so exists an electric field following the third Maxwell equation; However, I couldn't find an expression for $E$ without evident absurdities.

I thought that maybe with some approximations (quasi-stationarity?) such fields could be ignored. Some hints?