Multiple choice

Consider a straight, infinitely long, current carrying conductor lying on the z-axis. Which of the following plots (in linear scale) qualitatively represents the dependence of $H_{\phi}$ on r , where $H_{\phi}$ is the magnitude of the azimuthal component of magnetic field outside the conductor and r is the radial distance from the conductor?

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