Why the Controversy over Displacement Currents never Ends?

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Kitano, Masao [1 ,2 ,3 ]
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[1] Osaka Univ, Ctr Quantum Informat & Quantum Biol, Toyonaka 5600043, Japan
[2] Res Institule Appl Sci, Kyoto 6068202, Japan
[3] Kyoto Univ, Kyoto 6068501, Japan
关键词
key displacement current; Biot-Savart law; Ampere's law; Maxwell- Ampere's law; Helmholtz's decomposition; non-stationary current; BIOT-SAVART; EQUIVALENCE;
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10.1587/transele.2023REP0004
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Displacement current is the last piece of the puzzle of electromagnetic theory. Its existence implies that electromagnetic disturbance can propagate at the speed of light and finally it led to the discovery of Hertzian waves. On the other hand, since magnetic fields can be calculated only with conduction currents using Biot-Savart's law, a popular belief that displacement current does not produce magnetic fields has started to circulate. But some people think if this is correct, what is the displacement current introduced for. The controversy over the meaning of displacement currents has been going on for more than hundred years. Such confusion is caused by forgetting the fact that in the case of non -stationary currents, neither magnetic fields created by conduction currents nor those created by displacement currents can be defined. It is also forgotten that the effect of displacement current is automatically incorporated in the magnetic field calculated by Biot-Savart's law. In this paper, mainly with the help of Helmholtz decomposition, we would like to clarify the confusion surrounding displacement currents and provide an opportunity to end the long standing controversy.
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