2023 EM1 hw3
2023 EM1 hw3
2023 EM1 hw3
Instructor: Jhih-Sheng Wu
Topics: Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s Law, Differential Form, Potential, Conductors
(c) a charge q at (l, 0, 0), a charge q at (−l, 0, 0), a charge −q at (0, l, 0), a charge −q at (0, −l, 0).
(d) a charge q at (l, 0, 0), a charge −q at (−l, 0, 0), a charge q at (0, l, 0), a charge −q at (0, −l, 0).
(a) λ(r) = λ0
where λ0 is a constant. In (b) and (c), are there in-plane components? You can use arguments of
symmetry to eliminate the integrals related to the in-plane components.
(a) σ (r) = σ0
2
(b) σ (r) = σ0 Rs 2 (here, s2 = x2 + y 2 )
2
(c) σ (r) = σ0 R2R+s2 cos(2φ)
where σ0 is a constant. You can use arguments of symmetry to eliminate the integrals related to
the in-plane components. The integrals used in this problem can be evaluated by hand. You
can also use a table of integrals in a calculus book. There are also math softwares that help to
analytically evaluate an integral. One is the symbolic math toolbox in MATLAB (Students can
download from https://ca.nycu.edu.tw/ ). Another is Mathematica, which has the on-line version
https://www.wolframalpha.com/
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Problem 4 Coulomb’s law, surface charges
Two lengths l1 and l2 are unequal. At the z = 0 plane, the surface charge density σ (s) is given by
ql1
σ (s) = .
2π(s2 + l22 )3/2
(a) What is the total charge on the plane?
(b) What is the electric field at an arbitrary point of the z axis? Is the result the same as the electric
field of a point charge?
(a) z a.
(b) a z b.
(c) b z.
R
r , r < R,
V (r, θ, φ) = V0
R exp(−κr)
, r > R,
r exp(−κR)
(a) What is the surface charge density on each surface (r = R, r = a, and r = b)?
(d) What is the electrostatic energy stored in the system? Compute the electrostatic energy with the
following two methods.
Z
0
W= E 2 dv
2 all space
CV 2
W=
2