Lecture 4
Lecture 4
Lecture 4
The product 𝒒𝒅, which involves the two intrinsic properties 𝒒 and 𝒅 of the dipole,
is the magnitude 𝒑 of a vector quantity known as the electric dipole moment of
the dipole. (The unit of 𝒑 is the coulomb-meter.) Thus, we can write
❖ Continuous distribution of charges 1. Line of charge
2. Ring of charge
3. Disk of charge etc.
𝒒
➢ Charge density 1. Linear charge density, 𝜆 =
𝐿
𝒒
Charge per unit length, 2. Surface charge density, 𝜎 =
𝑨
area, or volume. 𝒒
3. Volume charge density, 𝜌 =
𝒗
The general formula of the electric field for continuous
charge density,
❑ Electric Field Due to a Line of Charge
Let, a rod (charge is uniformly
distributed) with a length of 𝐿 contains y
𝒒 charge with charge density, 𝝀 and a
𝒅𝑬 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽
small segment 𝒅𝒚 on its body contains
the charge of 𝒅𝒒 situated at a distance
𝒅𝒒
+
𝒚 from the origin. + 𝒅𝐸
𝟏 𝒅𝒒 𝒚 +
The electric field, 𝒅𝑬 = +
𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎 𝒓𝟐
+ 𝜃 𝜃 𝟐. 𝒅𝑬 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽
Charge density, 𝝀
𝒒
= =
𝒅𝒒 +
+
𝜃 +1 + 𝜃 x
𝑳 𝒅𝒚
𝒅𝑬 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽
𝒚 +
𝒙
𝟏 𝝀 𝒅𝒚 +
Therefore, 𝒅𝑬 = + 𝒅𝐸
𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎 𝒓𝟐 𝒅𝒒
+
𝒙 𝒙 In the limit, 𝑥 → ∞ , the
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜃 = =
𝒓 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 equation approaches to the
+𝐿/2 equation of the electric field
of a point charge.
𝐸 = න 2. 𝑑𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝟏 𝒒
𝑬= ; 𝝀 = 𝒒𝑳
+𝐿/2
0 𝒅𝒙 𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎 𝒙𝟐
ඳ 3 Again, if 𝑳 ≫ 𝒙 (infinitely
𝟐 𝝀 𝒅𝒚 𝒙
= (𝒙𝟐 ± 𝒂𝟐 )2 long line of charge), then
𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎 (𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 ) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐
the electric field will be
0
𝝀
±𝒙 𝑬=
+𝐿/2 = 𝟐𝝅𝜺𝟎 𝒙
=
𝟐𝜆𝒙
𝒅𝒚
3
𝑎2 (𝒙𝟐 ± 𝒂𝟐 )
𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎
(𝒚𝟐 +𝒙𝟐 )2
0
𝟏 𝝀𝑳
𝑬=
𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎 𝑳 𝟐
𝒙 𝒙𝟐 +
𝟒
❑ Electric Field Due to a Ring of Charge
If 𝒛 << 𝑹, then 𝒛𝟐 + 𝑹𝟐 ≈ 𝒛𝟐
𝟏 𝒒
Therefore, 𝑬 =
𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎 𝒛𝟐
𝟏 𝒒𝒛 𝒒 (Charged ring at large distance
𝑬= 𝟑 ; 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝝀 =
𝟒𝝅𝜺𝟎 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐𝝅𝑹 looks like point charge)
(𝒛 +𝑹 )𝟐
If an electron is constrained to the central axis
of a positively charged ring, what happens for
z<<R?
Assume that an electron of charge, e just release from a point, P
Electric field at point p directed downward along the z-axis
for the positively charged ring is given by the following
p
formula, 𝒒𝒛
𝑬= 𝟑
𝟒πε0(𝒛𝟐 +𝑹𝟐 ) 𝟐
z
Therefore, the force on the electron due to the electric field is
𝑭 = 𝒆𝑬
𝒒𝒆𝒛
So, 𝑭 = 𝟑
𝟒πε0(𝒛𝟐 + )
𝑹𝟐 𝟐
For the case, z<<R
𝒒𝒆𝒛
we can write, 𝑭
=
𝟒πε0𝑹𝟑
Where, the direction of force, F and z is opposite each other
Therefore, 𝑭 = −𝒌𝒛
𝒒𝒆
Where, 𝒌 = (constant)
𝟒πε0𝑹 𝟑