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Field Concept The region throughout which a physical quantity is so specified is a field, a field may be

scalar or vector. The scalar field is specified by a single number at each point. Well-known examples are
temperature and pressure of a gas [15]. A vector field is specified by both a magnitude and a direction at
each point in space,well–known examples are velocity and acceleration. Static Field If a field does not
vary with time we refer to it as a static field. Static fields are also known as time-invariant fields [15,26].
The fields produced by stationary charges are called (electrostatics), and the fields created by a steady
motion of charges are called (magnetostatics). Time Varying Field This field deals with charges in motion
which create a current [15,26]. If the movement of charges is restricted in such a way that the resulting
current is constant in time, the field thus created is called magnetic field. Since the current is constant in
time, the magnetic field is also constant in time.

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