Chapter 2: Q2.46P (page 108)
Question: If the electric field in some region is given (in spherical coordinates)
by the expression
for some constant , what is the charge density?
Short Answer
The charge density is
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Chapter 2: Q2.46P (page 108)
Question: If the electric field in some region is given (in spherical coordinates)
by the expression
for some constant , what is the charge density?
The charge density is
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Find the potential on the rim of a uniformly charged disk (radius R002C
charge density u).
Three charges are situated at the comers of a square ,as shown in Fig. 2.41.
(a) Consider an equilateral triangle, inscribed in a circle of radius a,with a point charge qat each vertex. The electric field is zero (obviously) at the center, but (surprisingly) there are three otherpoints inside the triangle where the field is zero. Where are they? [Answer: r= 0.285 a-you'llprobably need a computer to get it.]
(b) For a regular n-sided polygon there are npoints (in addition to the center) where the field is zero. Find their distance from the center for n= 4 and n= 5. What do you suppose happens as ?
One of these is an impossible electrostatic field. Which one?
(a)
(b) .
Here k is a constant with the appropriate units. For the possible one, find the potential, using the origin as your reference point. Check your answer by computing . [Hint: You must select a specific path to integrate along. It doesn't matter what path you choose, since the answer is path-independent, but you simply cannot integrate unless you have a definite path in mind.]
Consider two concentric spherical shells, of radiiaand b.Suppose the inner one carries a charge q ,and the outer one a charge -q(both of them uniformly distributed over the surface). Calculate the energy of this configuration, (a) using Eq. 2.45, and (b) using Eq. 2.47 and the results of Ex. 2.9.
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