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All examples of Gauss's law have used highly symmetric surfaces where the flux integral is either zero or EA. Yet we've claimed that the net e=Qin/0is independent of the surface. This is worth checking. FIGURE CP24.57 shows a cube of edge length Lcentered on a long thin wire with linear charge density . The flux through one face of the cube is not simply EA because, in this case, the electric field varies in both strength and direction. But you can calculate the flux by actually doing the flux integral.

a. Consider the face parallel to the yz-plane. Define area dAas a strip of width dyand height Lwith the vector pointing in the x-direction. One such strip is located at position localid="1648838849592" y. Use the known electric field of a wire to calculate the electric flux localid="1648838912266" dthrough this little area. Your expression should be written in terms of y, which is a variable, and various constants. It should not explicitly contain any angles.

b. Now integrate dto find the total flux through this face.

c. Finally, show that the net flux through the cube is e=Qin/0.

Short Answer

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a) An electric flux through an area dAis d=L2dy40y2+L22

b) Total flux of a face is =L40

c) Net flux through the cube isnet=Qin0

Step by step solution

01

Gauss's law (part a)

a) To determine the formula for the electric field of a straight charged wire, we can begin using Gauss's law:

EdA=Qin0

EdA=EA(cylindrical surface)

localid="1648841083150" EA=Qin0

E=QinA0(show E)

A=2rl(sphere's surface)

Qin=l(linear charge definition)

E=2r0

E=r^2r0(outside direction)

02

An electric flux through an area dA→ (part a) solution

a)

You may have been using the term "electric flux into a zone" to describe the flow of electricity in a certain areadA

d=EdA

localid="1648909065267" dA=Ldyi(yz plane's area)

r=y2+L22(distance between wire and face)

localid="1648909073230" d=L(r^i)dy20y2+L22localid="1648909081409" (putrandEtofformulaord)

d=Lcosdy20y2+L22 (scalar combination definition)

cos=L2y2+L22 (by geometry)

d=Ldy20y2+L22L2y2+L22 (put cos)

d=L2dy40y2+L22

03

Integrate expression fordΦ (part b)

b) Then you should integrating the formula to see the net flux:

=L2L2L2dy40y2+L22

dxx2+a2=1aarctanxa

=L2402Larctan2yLL2L2

=L20arctan2L2Larctan2L2L(apply boundaries)

=L2044 (calculate arc tangent )

=L40

04

Net flux in four sides of cube (part c)

c) The flux goes through the four sections of the cube, resulting in a total flux, that is net=4

net=4

net=4L40 (put formula for )

net=L0

you receive what you want to show when you apply the sequential charge density formula:

=QinL

L=Qin (show L)

net=Qin0 (put L)

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