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MaximumTaco
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Ok, I'm inexperienced with the latex code, so excuse me.
I'm trying to derive the expression for the electric field at a point, along the perpendicular bisector of a charged rod, of known total charge, length L, a perpendicular distance y from the rod.
The horizontal components cancel,
[tex]
\frac{qy}{4\pi \varepsilon_0 L} \int_0^L \frac{dx}{((\frac{L}{2}-x)^2 +y^2)^{3/2}}
[/tex]
I don't think this is right, because that seems a nasty integral. Any ideas?
Apologies if you think this is the wrong section. Thanks.
I'm trying to derive the expression for the electric field at a point, along the perpendicular bisector of a charged rod, of known total charge, length L, a perpendicular distance y from the rod.
The horizontal components cancel,
[tex]
\frac{qy}{4\pi \varepsilon_0 L} \int_0^L \frac{dx}{((\frac{L}{2}-x)^2 +y^2)^{3/2}}
[/tex]
I don't think this is right, because that seems a nasty integral. Any ideas?
Apologies if you think this is the wrong section. Thanks.
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