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Problem21 87

This document summarizes the electric field and force calculations for a charge distribution with charge Q uniformly distributed over a disk of radius a. It gives the expressions for the x and y components of the electric field, Ex and Ey, due to this charge distribution. It then gives the expressions for the x and y components of the force Fx and Fy on a test charge q in these electric fields. Finally, it notes that for x>>a, the force in the y-direction Fy looks like that of a dipole, while the force in the x-direction Fx looks like that of a point charge.

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Problem21 87

This document summarizes the electric field and force calculations for a charge distribution with charge Q uniformly distributed over a disk of radius a. It gives the expressions for the x and y components of the electric field, Ex and Ey, due to this charge distribution. It then gives the expressions for the x and y components of the force Fx and Fy on a test charge q in these electric fields. Finally, it notes that for x>>a, the force in the y-direction Fy looks like that of a dipole, while the force in the x-direction Fx looks like that of a point charge.

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k dq kQ dy kQx dy

21.87: a)  dE   with dE x  and dE y 


( x  y ) a( x  y )
2 2 2 2
a( x 2  y 2 3 2

 KQy dy
. Thus:
a( x 2  y 2 ) 3 2

a
1 Qx dy 1 Qx 1 a 1 Q
Ex  
4πε0 a 0 ( x  y 2 )3
2 2

40 a ( x  a 2 )1
2 2
x 2

40 x( x  a 2 )1
2 2

a
1 Q ydy 1 Q  1 1 
Ey 
4πε0 a  (x
0
2
 y 2 )3 2
   2
4πε0 a  x ( x  a 2 )1 2


b)  Fx  qE x and Fy  qE y where E x and E y are given in (a).
1 qQ 1 qQ a 2 1 qQa
c)  For x  a, Fy  (1  (1  a 2 / x 2 ) 1 2 )  2
 .
4πε0 ax 4πε0 ax 2 x 4πε0 2 x 3
1 2
1 qQ  a2  qQ
Looks dipole-like in y-direction Fx    1    .
4πε0 x 2  x 2  4πε0 x 2

Looks point-like along x-direction

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