the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields)
Word origin
[1895–1900; magneto- + statics]
Examples of 'magnetostatics' in a sentence
magnetostatics
We consider magnetostatics of chiral media with a non-vanishing chiral chemical potential μ5≠0.
Z.V. Khaidukov, V.P. Kirilin, A.V. Sadofyev, V.I. Zakharov 2018, 'On magnetostatics of chiral media', Nuclear Physics Bhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321318301950. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the special case of magnetostatics, the relevant electromagnetic potentials are directly related to the ponderomotive forces.
L. Łukaszuk, E. Leader, A. Johansen 1999, 'Contour gauges, canonical formalism and flux algebras', Nuclear Physics Bhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321399005878. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)