# Electric Field inside and outside of Dielectric sphere

by JayKo
Tags: dielectric, electric, field, inside, sphere
 P: 128 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data A dielectric sphere of radius R has a uniform permanent polarisation P. Determine the electric field both inside and outside the sphere. (Hint: Since div P = 0 everywhere, the electrostatic potential satisfies Laplace's equation. Do not assume that the sphere is characterised by a dielectric constant. Instead, use D = $$\epsilon_{0}$$E0 + P.) 2. Relevant equations use the laplace equation where the general form of potential is: $$V=\Sigma (A_{l}r^{l}P_{l}(cos(theta))+B_{l}*1/(r_{l+1})*P_{l}(cos(theta)))$$ 3. The attempt at a solution set the boundary condition when outside of sphere : r ->infinity, V->0 hence Al=0 when inside the sphere r-> 0, V not= infinity hence Bl=0 the next time is to find both the coefficients, a.k.a Al and Bl. so far am i heading the right directions? my question is also what D = $$\epsilon_{0}$$E0 + P purpose here in solving this problem?

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