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Magnetic field due to a long straight conductor

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Consider a long straight conductor XY through which current I is flowing from $X$ to Y. Let $P$ be the observation point at a distance 'r' 'from the conductor XY. Let us consider an infinitesimally small current element $\mathrm{CD}$ of length d\ell. Let s be the distance of $\mathrm{P}$ from the mid-point $\odot$ of the current element. Let $\theta$ be the angle that OP makes with the direction of the current. The magnetic field at $P$ due to the current element $C D$ is

$\mathrm{dB}=\frac{\mu_{0}}{4 \pi} \frac{\mathrm{Id} \ell \sin \theta}{\mathrm{s}^{2}}[\text { Biot-Savart's law }]$

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  The magnetic field at P due to the whole of the conductor XY

Case I :

If the conductor is infinitely long, then $\theta_{1}=90^{\circ}$ and $\theta_{2}=90^{\circ}$
$\mathrm{B}=\frac{\mu_{0} \mathrm{I}}{4 \pi}\left[\sin \frac{\pi}{2}+\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right]=\frac{\mu_{0} \mathrm{I}}{4 \pi \mathrm{r}}[1+1]=\frac{\mu_{0}}{4 \pi} \frac{2 \mathrm{I}}{\mathrm{r}}$ Or

Case II : 

If a conductor is of infinite length but one end is in front of point $P$, i.e., one end of the conductor starts from point $N$, then $\theta_{1}=0^{\circ}$ and $\theta_{2}=90^{\circ}$                                              

Case III :

Conductor is finite length and point P is just in front of the middle of the conductor

Case IV :

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Biot Savart's Law

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