Chapter 2: Q43P (page 107)
Find the capacitance per unit length of two coaxial metal cylindrical tubes, of radiand.

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The capacitance per unit length is
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Chapter 2: Q43P (page 107)
Find the capacitance per unit length of two coaxial metal cylindrical tubes, of radiand.

The capacitance per unit length is
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We know that the charge on a conductor goes to the surface, but just
how it distributes itself there is not easy to determine. One famous example in which the surface charge density can be calculated explicitly is the ellipsoid:
In this case15
(2.57) where is the total charge. By choosing appropriate values for a,band c. obtain (from Eq. 2.57):
(a) the net (both sides) surface charge a (r)density on a circular disk of radius R;(b) the net surface charge density a (x) on an infinite conducting "ribbon" in the xyplane, which straddles theyaxis from x=-ato x=a(let A be the total charge per unit length of ribbon);
(c) the net charge per unit length on a conducting "needle," running from x= -ato x= a . In each case, sketch the graph of your result.
Find the potential a distancesfrom an infinitely long straight wire
that carries a uniform line charge. Compute the gradient of your potential, and
check that it yields the correct field.
Using Eqs. 2.27 and 2.30, find the potential at a distance zabove the
center of the charge distributions in Fig. 2.34. In each case, compute ,and compare your answers with Ex. 2.1, Ex. 2.2, and Prob. 2.6, respectively. Suppose that we changed the right-hand charge in Fig. 2.34a to -q;what then is the potential at P?What field does that suggest? Compare your answer to Pro b. 2.2, and explain carefully any discrepancy.

In a vacuum diode, electrons are "boiled" off a hot cathode, at potential zero, and accelerated across a gap to the anode, which is held at positive potential . The cloud of moving electrons within the gap (called space charge) quickly builds up to the point where it reduces the field at the surface of the cathode to zero. From then on, a steady current I flows between the plates.
Suppose the plates are large relative to the separation (in Fig. 2.55), so
that edge effects can be neglected. Then and v (the speed of the electrons) are all functions of x alone.
Write Poisson's equation for the region between the plates.
Assuming the electrons start from rest at the cathode, what is their speed at point x , where the potential is V(x)?
In the steady state, I is independent of x. What, then, is the relation between p and v?
Use these three results to obtain a differential equation for V, by eliminating and v.
Solve this equation for Vas a function of x, and d. Plot , and compare it to the potential without space-charge. Also, find and v as functions of x.
Show that
and find the constant K. (Equation 2.56 is called the Child-Langmuir law. It holds for other geometries as well, whenever space-charge limits the current. Notice that the space-charge limited diode is nonlinear-it does not obey Ohm's law.)
A metal sphere of radiuscarries a total charge.What is the force
of repulsion between the "northern" hemisphere and the "southern" hemisphere?
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