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    Electric field on the axis of a charged ring and a charged disk

    P-TRIV-RA44

    Area
    Real Analysis
    Status
    draft
    Contents

    The electric field \(\vec { E }\) created by a point charge q at a certain distance from it r in vacuum is given by \(\vec { E } = k _ { e } q \frac { \vec { r } } { r ^ { 3 } }\) , where \(k _ { e }\) is a constant.

    1. Consider the charged ring of radius R with the linear charge density \(\frac { d q } { d l } \equiv \rho .\) Find the total magnitude of the electric field created by this ring at a distance d from its center along the axis orthogonal to it.

    2. Consider the charged disk of radius R with surface charge density \(\frac { d q } { d A } \equiv \sigma\) Find the total magnitude of the electric field created by this disk at a distance d from its center along the axis orthogonal to it. Investigate the limit \(R \to \infty\)

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