Ambiguity in the definition of the magnetic permeability of material media

A.M. Ignatov^a, A.A. Rukhadze^a, b
^aProkhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
^bLomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Leninskie Gory 1 build. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

It is shown that the magnetic permeability of material media taking into account both temporal and spatial dispersion is not defined uniquely. The requirement that experimentally measured quantities be obtained in the quasistatic limit does not significantly change this arbitrariness.

PACS: 75.30.Cr
DOI: 10.1070/PU1981v024n09ABEH004818
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1981/9/d/
Citation: Ignatov A M, Rukhadze A A "Ambiguity in the definition of the magnetic permeability of material media" Sov. Phys. Usp. 24 795–797 (1981)

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Оригинал: Игнатов А М, Рухадзе А А «О неоднозначности определения магнитной проницаемости материальных сред» УФН 135 171–174 (1981); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0135.198109e.0171

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