(a) Check that the results of Exs. 2.5 and 2.6, and Prob. 2.11, are consistent with Eq. 2.33.

(b) Use Gauss's law to find the field inside and outside a long hollow cylindrical

tube, which carries a uniform surface charge σ.Check that your result is consistent with Eq. 2.33.

(c) Check that the result of Ex. 2.8 is consistent with boundary conditions 2.34 and 2.36.

Short Answer

Expert verified
  • The result is consistent with the equation boundary condition of the electric field at any surface.
  • The result is consistent with the equation boundary condition of the electric field at any surface.
  • The result is verified.

Step by step solution

01

Define function

At any boundary, the normal component of the electric field is discontinuous by a certain σε0amount. Write the expression for it.

Eabove-Ebelow=σε0n^......(1)

Here, σsurface charge density and ε0permittivity for free space.

02

Determine part (a)

a)

Refer the figure of Ex 2.5,

Write the expression for the electric field above the surface.

Eabove=σ2ε0n^

Write the expression for the electric field below the surface.

Ebelow=σ2ε0n^

The value of Eabove-Ebelowis calculate as

Eabove-Ebelow=σ2ε0n^-σ2ε0n^=σ2ε0n^+σ2ε0n^=σε0n^

Hence, the result is consistent with the equation boundary condition of the electric field at any surface.

Consider the direction of the electric field pointing right as positive and the direction pointing left as negative.

Consider the figure 2.33's left plane.

Write the expression for the change in the electric field for the first plane.

Eright-Eleft=σ2ε0n^+-σ2ε0n^=σ2ε0n^+σ2ε0n^=σε0n^

Similarly, for the other plane, the change in electric field is σε0n^. As a result, the results are consistent with the electric field boundary condition equation at any surface.

Take the surface of the spherical shell as the boundary in problem 2.11. Inside the spherical shell, the electric field is zero.

Write the expression for the electric field outside the sphere.

Eout=σR2ε0r2r^ …… (3)

Substitute for in equation (3)

role="math" localid="1657600643193" Eout=σR2ε0R2r^=σε0r^

Hence, the outside electric field at the surface of the spherical shell is Eout=σε0r^.

Now, write the expression for the change in the electric field at the surface of the shell.

Eout-Ein=σε0r^-0r^=σε0r^

Thus, the result is consistent with the equation boundary condition of the electric field at any surface.

03

Determine part (b)

b)

Consider a cylindrical tube with a length and radius, and the cylindrical tube's surface as the boundary. Because the charge inside the cylindrical tube is zero, the electric field inside it is also zero.

Write the expression for the electric field outside the cylindrical tube from Gauss law.

Eout(2πrl)=qencε0Eout(2πrl)=σ(2πRl)ε0Eout=σRε0r

Write the expression for the outside electric field of the cylindrical tube.

Eout=σR2ε0r2r^ …… (4)

Substitute R for r in equation (4)

Eout=σR2ε0r2r^=σε0r^

Hence, the outside electric field at the surface of the tube shell is Eout=σε0r^.

Now, write the expression for the change in the electric field at the surface of tube shell.

Eout-Ein=σε0r^-0r^=σε0r^

Thus, the result is consistent with the equation boundary condition of the electric field at any surface.

04

Determine part (c)

c)

Refer Ex2.7;

Write the expression for the outside potential.

Vout=R2σε0z …… (5)

Substitute R for z in equation (5)

Vout=R2σε0R=Rσε0.........(6)

Thus, the outside potential at the surface of the cylinder is Rσε0. The inside potential is. Thus, the inside and outside potential at the surface of the cylinder are equal. Thus, the result is consistent with the boundary condition of the potential at the surface.

Differentiate equation (6) with respect to z.

Voutz=-R2σε0z2 …… (7)

Substitute R for z in equation (7)

σVoutZ=R2ε0R2=-σε0

Differentiate Vin=Rσε0with respect to z.

Vinz=0

Now, find the value ofσVoutZ=VinZ

σVoutZ-VinZ=-σε0

Thus, the result is verified.

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