When a current-carrying wire is placed in a transverse magnetic field, a macroscopic force and a transverse Hall electric field are generated. An experimental and theoretical study of the role of the Hall electric field on the generation of the force on the current-carrying wire was conducted employing single-carrier, conventional bipolar type conductors, and unusual bipolar type conductors, in which an approximately zero Hall electric field is expected. It is shown theoretically and experimentally that the collisions of the carrier with the ions solely contribute to the Lorentz force transmission mechanism in the unusual bipolar type conductors, whereas the action of collisions of the carrier with ions as well as the action of the Hall electric field on the lattice ions is responsible for transmission of the Lorentz force in the usual bipolar conductors. A self-consistent treatment of the generation of the Hall electric field is given.
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A complementary study of the role of the Hall electric field for generation of the force on current-carrying wire in a magnetic field
M. Sakai;
M. Sakai
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Faculty of Engineering,
Saitama University
, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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N. Honda;
N. Honda
Faculty of Engineering,
Saitama University
, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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F. Fujimoto;
F. Fujimoto
Faculty of Engineering,
Saitama University
, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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O. Nakamura;
O. Nakamura
Core Technologies R & D Division,
Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
, 3-2 Fujihashi 3-chome, Oume, Tokyo 198-0022, Japan
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H. Shibata
H. Shibata
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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Am. J. Phys. 78, 160–169 (2010)
Article history
Received:
April 17 2009
Accepted:
October 24 2009
Citation
M. Sakai, N. Honda, F. Fujimoto, O. Nakamura, H. Shibata; A complementary study of the role of the Hall electric field for generation of the force on current-carrying wire in a magnetic field. Am. J. Phys. 1 February 2010; 78 (2): 160–169. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3263818
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