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Find the electric field at a height Zabove the center of a square sheet (side a) carrying a uniform surface charge.Check your result for the limiting

casesaandz>>a.

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The electric filed is due to square plate is whenaisE=20.

The electric field due to square plate z>>ais E=140qz2.

Step by step solution

01

aStep 1: Define functions

The expression for the electric filed at a distance zabove the center of the square loop carrying uniform line charge is,

role="math" localid="1657466514484" E=1404azz2+a24z2+a22z^

Here, Eis the electric filed, is the linear charge density, 0is the permittivity for the free space, ais the length of each side of the square sheet.

The square sheet is shown in below figure.

Write the expression for linear charge density for the above square loop.

d=da2dE=1404azz2+a24z2+a22d

Here, is the charge density.

02

Determine linear charge density

Differentiating the equation 1on both sides,

Substitute da2for d.

width="233">dE=1404azda2z2+a24z2+a22

=1404z2adaz2+a24z2+a22

=z20adaz2+a24z2+a22

Thus, the differential equation solution is=z20adaz2+a24z2+a22

03

Determine Electric field

Now, integrate the equation 1with limits from 0to aand solve for the electric filed due to the square sheet at a height z above its center.

E=z200aaz2+a24z2+a22da

Let a2=4t, then da=2dta. The limits of tare 0and a24. Then the equation becomes,

E=z200a24az2+tz2+2t2adt

=z00a241z2+tz2+2tdt

As, a2+ba2+2b=tan1a2+2ba

Solving further based on the above tangential formula,

E=z02ztan1z2+2tz0a24
=20tan1z2+2a24ztan1z2+2(0)z

=20tan1z2+a22ztan1(1)

=20tan1z2+a22ztan1tan4

Simplifying the expression further,

E=20tan1z2+a224z1

=2044tan1z2+a22z1

localid="1657466675640" =204tan11+a22z2-1

Thus, the electric filed isE=204tan11+a22z2-1

Ifathen the electric field square plate is,

E=20tan1()4

Since, tan2=

E=20tan1tan24

=2024

=20

From the above equation, it is clear that the square sheet act as square plane. Thus the electric filed is due to square plate whenaisE=20

04

Determine Electric field due to z>>a

Now, let鈥檚 consider that,fx=tan-11+x-x4andx=a22z2. Ifz>>a, thena22z2<<1andf0=0. Then the value off'xis,

f'x=11+1+x1211+x

Then the value of f'0by substituting 0forx is,

f'0=14

Applying Taylor series and solving,

role="math" localid="1657468740239" fx=f0+xf'0+12x2f''x+...

f0+xf'0

Substitute 0 for f0and 14forf'0

fx=0+x4

=x4

Substitute a22z2forx

fx=a28z2

Therefore, the electric filed due to square plate whenz>>a is,

E=20a28z2

=a240z2

=140qz2

Thus from above result it is clear that, the square sheet acts as a point change whenrole="math" localid="1657470504883" z>>a.

Therefore, the electric field due to square plate z>>ais E=140qz2.

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