Exercise 28
An infinitely long thin wire carrying a uniform linear static charge density is placed along the -axis (Fig. ). The wire is set into motion along its length with a uniform velocity . Calculate the poynting vector .

Gauss's law on a coaxial cylinder of radius \(\displaystyle s\) (on the cylinder of Fig. $\displaystyle 8.1$, \(\displaystyle s=a\)):
\[E\,(2\pi s\,l)=\frac{\lambda l}{\varepsilon_0}\;\Rightarrow\;\mathbf{E}=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi\varepsilon_0 s}\,\hat{\mathbf{s}}
\]
Moving charge is a current along \(\displaystyle z\):
\[I=\lambda v
\]
Ampere's law on a circle of radius \(\displaystyle s\):
\[B\,(2\pi s)=\mu_0 I\;\Rightarrow\;\mathbf{B}=\frac{\mu_0\lambda v}{2\pi s}\,\hat{\boldsymbol{\phi}}
\]
With \(\displaystyle \hat{\mathbf{s}}\times\hat{\boldsymbol{\phi}}=\hat{\mathbf{k}}\):
\[\mathbf{S}=\frac{1}{\mu_0}\,\mathbf{E}\times\mathbf{B}=\frac{1}{\mu_0}\cdot\frac{\lambda}{2\pi\varepsilon_0 s}\cdot\frac{\mu_0\lambda v}{2\pi s}\,\hat{\mathbf{k}}
\]
\[\mathbf{S}=\frac{\lambda^{2}v}{4\pi^{2}\varepsilon_0 s^{2}}\,\hat{\mathbf{k}}
\]
Energy flows along the wire, in the direction of motion, for either sign of \(\displaystyle \lambda\) (only \(\displaystyle \lambda^2\) appears).Answer: \(\displaystyle \mathbf{S}=\dfrac{\lambda^{2}v}{4\pi^{2}\varepsilon_0 s^{2}}\,\hat{\mathbf{k}}\), along \(\displaystyle \mathbf{v}\).