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A very long, uniformly charged cylinder has radius Rand linear charge densityλ. Find the cylinder's electric field strength (a) outside the cylinder, r≥R, and (b) inside the cylinder, r≤R. (c) Show that your answers to parts a and b match at the boundary, r=R

Short Answer

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a.Electric field strength outside the cylinder is λ2πϵor.

b.Electric field strength inside the cylinder is λ°ù2πϵoR2.

c.The answers match at the boundary atr=R.

Step by step solution

01

Calculation for electric field outside the cylinder (part a)

(a).

Electric flux,

Φe=EA

For charge,

Φe=Qinεo

The cylinder has linear charge densitylocalid="1648919513082" λand lengthlocalid="1648919518350" L.

the charge surrounded by

Qin=Ï€°ù³¢

The flux through the top and bottom faces of the cylinder is zero since they are perpendicular to the electric field.

The flux through the cylinder's wall, on the other hand, is the highest.

So,

Φe=Φtop+Φbottom+Φwall

=0+0+EA

=2Ï€°ù³¢E

Φe=2Ï€°ù³¢E=Qinϵo=λ³¢Ïµo

For localid="1648919554212" r≥R,

Er>R=λ2πϵor

02

Calculation of electric field inside the cylinder (part b)

(b).

The cylinder's volume charge density is equal to the cylinder's charge divided by its volume.

Qin=ÒϳÕ=ÒÏÏ€°ù2L

The electric field inside the cylinder is formed by

E=QinϵoA

=ÒÏÏ€°ù2Lϵo(2Ï€°ù³¢)

=ÒÏr2ϵo

For a point at distance localid="1648919566296" r<a,

The charge density is ,

ÒÏ=λπ¸é2

Wherelocalid="1648919576060" λis the linear charge density.

As a result, given a point inside the cylinder, the electric field is

Er<R=ÒÏr2ϵo

=λπ¸é2r2ϵo

=λ°ù2πϵoR2

03

match at the boundary (part c)

(c).

The radius of the gaussian surfacerand the radius of the cylinderRare the same.

In component (b), the electric field will be

Er<R=λ°ù2πϵoR2

=λπ°ù2r2ϵo

=λ2πϵor

Because this is the same electric field as in part (a), our responses are identical at thelocalid="1648846691692">r=Rborder.

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