Homogeneous field

In physics , a homogeneous field is understood to be a field whose field strength does not depend on the location - the force on a (test) body in a homogeneous field is always the same size and direction everywhere.

Fields for which this does not apply are called inhomogeneous .

example

If there is neither a change in flux nor a difference in field strength between two points of a magnetic field and if the field is constant, the field lines of which all run parallel in the same direction, one speaks of a homogeneous magnetic field.

Examples of nearly homogeneous fields

• The gravitational field of the earth in an area much smaller than the Earth 's
• The electric field inside a plate capacitor
• The magnetic field inside a Helmholtz coil , ring coil or between the legs of a horseshoe magnet