Gauss Definition and 622 Threads

I have read multiple threads on Physics Forums, Stackexchange and Quora, as well as the explanation of Gauss Law, but still don't understand the most fundamental aspect of it: its applicability for any kind of surface. More precisely, I don't get how this follows from the fact that...

I've just been learning about Gauss' law which as far as I can tell states that the net electric flux through a surface equals the enclosed charge divided by the permittivity of free space, and is often expressed as the integral $$\int_S {\bf{E} \cdot d \bf{A}} = \frac{Q}{\epsilon_0}$$In some...

Hi, I'm trying to prove Gauss's Law by using a cubical surface with a point charge located at its center, and I'm running up against some difficult integration. I've worked through the first integral of the surface integral, but I can't seem to figure out a proper integration technique. Here is...

So the first problem stated is to show that for a charge distribution between two spherical shells of radii r1<r2, the total charge inside is described by: This is rather trivial using Gauss' law in integral form, so I regard this as completed. I have used the gradient to find the electrical...

[PAGE 1] [PAGE 2] [PAGE 3] so in the 2nd page,when the dielectric material is introduced the gauss's law becomes $$\oint _ { S } \vec { E } \cdot \vec { d S } = \frac { ( q - q _ { i } ) } { \epsilon _ { 0 } }$$.But my question is why the ##{ \epsilon _ { 0 } }## is in the equation.Shouldn't...

Hi, I ask for a clarification about the following: consider for instance a 10 x 12 homogeneous linear system and perform Gauss elimination for the first 8 unknowns. Suppose you end up with 5 equations in the remaining 12-8 = 4 unknowns (because in the process of the first 8 unknowns elimination...

I tried to work out both a) and b), but I am not sure if I am correct. I drew a picture with a sphere around q first with radius r and then with radius 3r. For a) ##E.A=\frac {q}{ε_°}## (when using Gauss' Law) Since ##A=4πr^2##, I substituted this in the equation and solved for E giving me...

Which is better to use? The equation for the area or the circumference of a circle? Schaum's Electromagnetics (4 ed) by Edminister vs http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/elecyl.html

Hi to all! The ordinary Gauss theorem states that ##\Phi\left(\vec{E}\right)\,=\, \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}q_{i}}{\varepsilon_{0}}## where ##\sum_{i=1}^{n}q_{i}## is the sum of all charges internal of a closed surface and ##\varepsilon_{0}## is the dielectric constant in the empty. Now I ask to the...

I know how Gauss law helps us to calculate the discontinuity at a point on the surface of a surface charge. Similarly using Gauss law, is there a way to determine the continuity at other points of electric field due to a surface charge or the continuity at all points of electric field due to a...

Homework Statement I need calculate the points (##x_i##) and weights (##w_i##) with Gauss Lobatto seven points on the interval [a,b]. With the points and the weights I am going to approximate any integral at this interval.Homework Equations I have found the relevant points and weights at the...

There's this problem 2.18 in the book "Introduction to electrodynamics" by Griffith. The problem says the following, "Two spheres, each of radius R and carrying uniform charge densities ##+\rho## and ##-\rho##, respectively, are placed so that they partially overlap (Image_01). Call the vector...

Homework Statement Homework Equations ∮E.dA = qencl/ϵ0 The Attempt at a Solution (a) magnitude E we use∮E.dA = qencl/ϵ0For a cylinder:∮E.dA = E(2πrL), thenqencl/ϵ0 = E(2πrL)E = qencl/(2πrLϵ0) E = λ/(2πrϵ0); WITH λ = qencl/L (a) the magnitude E, qencl = Q1 + Q2 , thenE = (Q1 +...

Homework Statement Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution How do you know the left plate (or the right plane) produces a field (1/2ε) σ to the left and right? How do you apply Gauss Law? For one infinite plane, we can use Gauss law because of symmetry, so we can assume the electric flux...

Having come experimentally to an interesting electrostatic effect, I have returned, aged 47, to my old books in physics. It turns out that my books delight in using Gauss theorem etc. in rather ideal geometrical surface charge distribution, but never gave me the tools to answer to this simple...

In many texts I have seen, Gauss theorem has the form of$$\frac{q}{\epsilon_0}=\oint\vec{E}d\vec{A}$$ Why a line integral symbol was used for this surface integral everywhere? The more I see it the more I believe there is something wrong with my understanding about this. I didn't think too much...

So in my textbook (Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths) it said that inside a conductor, the electric field E would have to zero, since if it wasn't the free charges would move accordingly and create a electric field that cancels the original field. But in a question that soon followed...

Homework Statement Given two things spherical shells radii r1 and r2 with r2 > r1. The inner she'll is charged uniformly with a total charge Q1, while the outer shell with Q2. A) use gauss law to computer the electric field everywhere B) Use any method to calculate the potential everywhere...

Homework Statement determine the electric flow through a square surface of side 2l due to a load + Q located at a perpendicular distance l from the center of the plane I really don't know how to answer this question .i need help guys Thanks Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I ended...

Homework Statement A) use gauss's Law to determine the electric field at all values of radial distance (0<r<infinity) from the center of a non-uniformly charged cylinder that is very very long and lies along the x-axis. The cylinder carries excess charge per volume ρ=[a]r^2 (the [] are supposed...

Homework Statement We have a uniformly charged, non-conducting sphere (charge per volume,ρ, and radius, R). Then a uniformly charged ruler (charge per length,λ, and length, d) is aligned radially almost touching the surface of the sphere. Determine the net force experienced by the ruler...

In Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Sixth Edition, Page 60, Section 1.11, the Gauss' theorem is written as: In Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Fifth Edition, Page 61, Section 1.11, the Gauss' theorem is written as: Kindly I would like to know please: 1. What is the difference between...

"Gauss's theorem can be established as follows. consider an attracting particle of mass m at the point P, and let a cone of small solid angle ω be generated by radii through P. This cone cuts the surface at the points Q1, Q2, ... taken in order from P; the parts of the surface cut off by the...

Homework Statement You have a conducting sphere that is in equilibrium, it has a cavity in it with positive charge +q. If you bring another charge +q2 near the outer edge of the conductor does the total surface charge on the wall of the cavity, q(int) change? There is an image attached that...

Homework Statement A spherical cavity is hollowed out of the interior of a neutral conducting sphere. At the center of the cavity is a point charge, of positive charge q. (picture attached) a)What is the total surface charge q(int) on the interior surface of the conductor (i.e., on the wall of...

Homework Statement Two small insulating spheres with radius 9.00×10−2m are separated by a large center-to-center distance of 0.545 m . One sphere is negatively charged, with net charge -2.35 μC , and the other sphere is positively charged, with net charge 4.35 μC . The charge is uniformly...

In the four-observation method of Gauss for orbit determination, the right ascension and declination of an asteroid is observed at specified times, and the heliocentric position of Earth is obtained from tables (or JPL Horizons) for those same times. I can follow the procedure to the point...

in a 4D plane or on a four-dimensional surface can gauss law be used?

1. Homework Statement Hello, I'm learning electricity and I'm having a few conceptual questions regarding the subject ( especially about neutral objects ) which I'm unsure of the answers and I'd be happy if someone could help me:1. Is the charge density of a neutral object ( doesn't matter if...

Homework Statement A long, thin, straight wire of length 1.3 m has a positive charge 4.1 × 10-8 C distributed uniformly along it. The electric field created by this wire at a radial distance 3.2 cm has a magnitude of ε= 8.85E-12 Homework Equations I think I need to use E= q/(4πr^2ε) but I...

Say you have a hollow cylinder, whose one side is open. Now, you pace a positive charge ##Q## at the centre of this open end (such that it is just inside the cylinder). How much should be the flux coming out from the closed end? I just thought of this problem. In order to use Gauss' Law, we...

Homework Statement Below is a diagram of an infinitely long non-conducting rod of radius, R, with a uniform continuous charge distribution. The uniform linear charge density of this line is lamba1. The rod is at the center of an infinitely long, conducting pipe. The linear charge density of...

I was reading the book "Mathematical Methods for Physicists", and in the first chapter, under Gauss's Theorem, the statement given was: The surface integral of a vector over a closed surface equals the volume integral of the divergence of the vector over the entire closed surface. But the in...

In the derivation of the electric field inside a non conducting sphere, We still use the permittivity of free space even though we are in a medium. The same applies for ampere's law in a solid wire. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c15_inside.html...

Homework Statement Determine the potential that creates an undefined cylinder of radius $R$ and density density $\rho$ that is uniformly charged. Homework Equations Gauss's law. The Attempt at a Solution I know that for this problem I can use gauss because it is a cylinder, now I do not get...

Hello, Can not Gauss's Law be used to calculate the electric field generated by a uniformly charged finite thread? I suppose it is because I can not consider the electric field constant (always going to the same direction), and for this I would have to do it by parts (the lateral flow, and the...

What exactly does the electric field as solved for by Gauss’s law tell us? If you use a Gaussian surface that encloses no charge you find that the electric field is equal to 0. But if there is a charge outside of that Gaussian surface, it is not true that the electric field is 0 on the Gaussian...

Hi there. I am trying to derive Gauss's law from the divergence. I would like to know if it is correct: The divergence is defined as (I saw this on Fuller & Byron "Mathematics of classical and quantum physics") ##...

This is probably my misunderstanding, so please clarify. In a region of empty space, there are two point charges with the charges+Q and -Q. Exactly in the middle of the two charges (distance r from both charges) is point P, colinear with the centers of both charges. A Gaussian surface that...

We took today in a lecture gauss' law for magnetism which states that the net magnetic flux though a closed shape is always zero (Monopoles don't exist). The professor explained/proved it as following (Since it needs math theorems): Draw any shape. From the fact that any magnetic field line that...

To find the electric field from an infinitely long charged rod you can use gauss’s law with a cylinder as your Gaussian surface. I don’t quite understand by this works. Wouldn’t the electric field given by the equation only be the electric field cause by the charge within the cylinder? And if...

Homework Statement A point charge q=−5.0×10−12 C is placed at the center of a spherical conducting shell of inner radius 3.5cm and outer radius 4.0 cm. The electric field just above the surface of the conductor is directed radially outward and has magnitude 8.0 N/C. (a) What is the charge...

Homework Statement Question ==== An infinitely long insulating cylindrical rod with a positive charge ##\lambda## per unit length and of radius ##R_1## is surrounded by a thin conducting cylindrical shell (which is also infinitely long) with a charge per unit length of ##-2\lambda## and radius...

Modified from Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, p. 10: Let "*" indicate multiplication and "^" indicate "to the power." For real numbers a, b, c,..., let [a] = a, [a,b] = b*a+1, [a,b,c] = c*[a,b]+[a], [a,b,c,d] = d*[a,b,c]+[a,b], etc. Prove that [a,b,...,l,m]*[b,c,...,l] - [a,b,...,l]*[b,c,...,m]...

Homework Statement Find an equation for the net electric field at a point, above and between, two infinite line charges, one with line charge density λ and the second with line charge density -λ. The point is a distance R from both line charges, a distance y above the midpoint between charges...

Hey! :o I am looking at the Gauss Quadrature to approximate integrals. I haven;t really understood the meaning of the weighting function. Could you explain that to me? At each case, the points that we need depend on what weighting function we have, so which polynomials we consider or not...

Homework Statement A capacitor has two square plates that are d apart. Each plate is L×L. The capacitor is initially uncharged. (a)Calculate the work required to move q of charge from one plate to the other. (b)Calculate the work required to move an additional q of charge from one plate to the...

the problem: Say we have the entire space uniformly charged. Then, the E field experienced by any point is zero, from symmetry.* But, it means that for any Gaussian surface, the flux though it is zero even though the charge enclosed is clearly not. Gauss' law seems to disagree with symmetry, but...

Suppose the hydrogen atom consists of a positive point charge (+e), located in the center of the atom, which is surrounded by a negative charge (-e), distributed in the space around it. The space distribution of the negative charge changes according to the law p=Ce^(−2r/R), where C is a...

Homework Statement A charged, straight line/rod of infinite length has a Discrete uniform distribution of charge, has a linear density of λ and is at a distance d from a sphere with a radius of R. Find the entirety of the Electrical Flux that is caused by this charged rod, which passes...