Magnetic Dipole Approximation
Subject: 117(6) : Magnetic Dipole Approximation
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:53:51 EDT
Attachment: a117thpapernotes6.pdf
This note uses the inverse Lorentz transform in the non-relativistic limit to show that the range of the magnetic dipole approximation in this limit is defined by r, the radial distance between the origin and the point where the field is measured. It is important to show this because the dipole approximation for the gravitomagnetic field will then be valid for Gravity Probe B, which is a low orbit satellite in which the far field approximation is not valid as discussed by Pfister. So I will now proceed to writing up paper 117.