bill miller

Hello Benj...

The simple answer seems to be, no. There have been many attempts to
demonstrate the interpretation that Displacement Current leads directly to a
magnetic field. None have proven it. The most exhaustive used cryogenics to
attempt to prove the Displacement Current--->H idea. It failed to do so.
(Sorry, I don't have the reference handy.)

An excellent overview of Displacement Current is Roche's "The presen status
of Maxwell's displacement current." Eur. J. Physics 19(1998) The
bibliography is rich. Also see WGV Rosser's book, "Classical
Electromagnetism via relativity." On page 81, after analyzing the magnetic
field of a moving "point" charge, he says, "The Maxwell term (What he calls
Displacement Current) the magnetic field at P... both the electric and
magnetic fileds ... arise from the moving charge."

Rosser says lots more.

Unfortunately, textbooks have ignored all of this, and every online EM
syllabus that I have seen persists with the myth of Displacement Current.

I hope this helps.

Bill