I'm planning an investigation on how magnetic flux density midway between opposite poles of 2 bar magnets varies with separation of the bar magnets (using a Hall Probe). [simply as shown in attachment]
To do this, I'll need to calibrate a hall probe (which I think is done by working out the p.d. (Hall pd) at a known magnetic field strength).
My initial thoughts were that I could use a long straight wire of known current, and use [math] B \ = \ \frac{\mu_0 I }{2 \pi \ r} [/math]however, this would not work would it? Due to non-uniform magnetic field.
Is the best approach to use a "Helmholtz coil" to get a uniform field- and use the formula given here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_coils ?
I've never come across this before, so any help / hints would be appreciated. Thanks.
PS - I apologise in advance if this thread is better suited elsewhere.