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§19.34 Mutual Inductance of Coaxial Circles

The mutual inductance M of two coaxial circles of radius a and b with centers at a distance h apart is given in cgs units by

where \lightspeed is the speed of light, and in (19.29.11),

19.34.2
a_{3}=h^{2}+a^{2}+b^{2},
a_{5}=0,
b_{5}=1.

The method of §19.29(ii) uses (19.29.18), (19.29.16), and (19.29.15) to produce

19.34.32abI(\mathbf{e}_{5})=a_{3}I(\boldsymbol{{0}})-I(\mathbf{e}_{3})=a_{3}I(%
\boldsymbol{{0}})-r_{{+}}^{2}r_{{-}}^{2}I(-\mathbf{e}_{3})=2ab(I(\boldsymbol{{%
0}})-r_{{-}}^{2}I(\mathbf{e}_{1}-\mathbf{e}_{3})),

where a_{1}+b_{1}t=1+t and

19.34.4r_{{\pm}}^{2}=a_{3}\pm 2ab=h^{2}+(a\pm b)^{2}

is the square of the maximum (upper signs) or minimum (lower signs) distance between the circles. Application of (19.29.4) and (19.29.7) with \alpha=1, a_{\beta}+b_{\beta}t=1-t, \delta=3, and a_{\gamma}+b_{\gamma}t=1 yields

or, by (19.21.3),

A simpler form of the result is

19.34.7M=(2/\lightspeed^{2})(\pi a^{2})(\pi b^{2})\mathop{R_{{-\frac{3}{2}}}\/}%
\nolimits\!\left(\tfrac{3}{2},\tfrac{3}{2};r_{{+}}^{2},r_{{-}}^{2}\right).

References for other inductance problems solvable in terms of elliptic integrals are given in Grover (1946, pp. 8 and 283).