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I understand that the intrinsic spin of an electron causes discrete differences in energy for transitions, due to the interaction of the magnetic dipole moment of the electron. Also, that this in turn creates the fine structure spectra. But what I am currently struggling to picture is why this...

$$V(\theta) = V_{0} \frac{ln(tan(\frac{\theta}{2}))}{ln(tan(\frac{\alpha}{2}))}$$??

So by doing so I find that: $$A = \frac{V_{0}}{ln(tan(\frac{\alpha}{2}))}$$ as B reduces to zero. However I don't really understand what I am now doing with this information.

Homework Statement [/B] There is a conducting cone with angle α placed so that its vertex is normal to an electrically grounded plate, but electrically insulated from the plate and kept at a constant potential V. Find the potential V and the electric field in the region between the cone and the...