Spherical charge distribution Definition and 17 Threads

So from Gauss theorem, electric field at any point inside a uniformly charged sphereical shell is zero. Thus there is no electrostatic force on the inner sphere. From what I have learnt, a field is necessary to move charges. But in this case the inner sphere acquires a charge q without any...

A spherical volume charge (R<=1cm) with uniform density ρv0 is surrounded by a spherical surface charge ( R=2cm) with charge density 4 C/m2. If the electric field intensity at R=4cm is 5/Є0 ,deterime ρv0

Homework Statement A 10-nC point charge is located at the center of a thin spherical shell of radius 8.0 cm carrying -20 nC distributed uniformly over its surface. What is the magnitude of the electric field 2.0 cm from the point charge? Homework Equations E = kq1q2/r^2 The Attempt at a...

Hello. I have a problem calculating the electric field from spherical charge distribution. The exercise is: 1. Homework Statement Homework Equations To solve the problem for $$ 0\le R < a$$ i tried 2 ways: $$ \vec{E} = \frac{\vec{a_R}}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\int_v\frac{1} {R^2}\rho dv $$ and the...

Homework Statement The Earth is constantly being bombarded by cosmic rays, which consist mostly of protons. Assume that these protons are incident on the Earth’s atmosphere from all directions at a rate of 1366. protons per square meter per second. Assuming that the depth of Earth’s atmosphere...

Homework Statement Can we consider the universe to have a uniformly charged distribution? If so, shouldn't the field at any point in space be zero? Since the universe is infinite, will it be symmetrical about any point, field should be zero right? Why is this not true?[/B]2. The attempt at a...

Homework Statement A Non-Uniform but spherically symmetric charge distribution has a charge density: \rho(r)=\rho_0(1-\frac{r}{R}) for r\le R \rho(r)=0 for r > R where \rho = \frac{3Q}{\pi R^3} is a positive constant Show that the total charge contained in this charge distribution is...

Homework Statement A spherical charge distribution is given by p = p_0 (1- \frac{r^2}{a^2}), r\leq a and p = 0, r \gt a , where a is the radius of the sphere. Find the electric field intensity inside the charge distribution. Well I thought I found the answer until I looked at the back of...

I want to derive this equation: V(r) = \frac{1}{\epsilon_0} [\frac{1}{r} \int_0^r \! r'^2 \rho(r') \, d r' + \int_r^{\infty} \! r' \rho(r') \, d r' ] of a spherical charge distribution. I can do it with the general integral definition of the electrostatic potential (which is basically...

Homework Statement Find the E produced by a spherical charge distribution with uniform charge density at a point inside the sphere, using triple integration. Homework Equations E = 1/4πε ∫f(x,y,z)/r^2 dV The Attempt at a Solution f(x,y,z) = p Radius of sphere = R Position of...

Homework Statement A total charge q is uniformly distributed throughout a sphere of radius a. Find the electric potential in the region where r1<a and r2>a. The potential is defined anywhere inside the sphere. Homework Equations letting ρ = volume charge density and ε = permittivity...

good evening! i am trying to calculate the electric field of a spherical charge distribution ρ=ρ_{0}e^{-kr}, where r is the radial distance. i am a little bit embarressed,but i have to say that i am not comfortable with spherical coordinates in practical calculations. i would appreciate if...

Homework Statement Compute the electric field generated by a spherically symmetric charged sphere of radius R with charge density of \rho = kr^{2} Homework Equations \oint _S \vec{E} \cdot \vec{dA} = \frac{Q_{enclosed}}{\epsilon_0} The Attempt at a Solution I know that this question...

1. The problem statement Consider an infinite spherical charge distribution with constant charge density. According to symmetry of the problem, I expect the electric field at any point to be zero. But if you construct a Gaussian sphere and apply Gauss theorem, it will give you some finite field...

Before I get into the question I'd just like to state that this is not homework, but questions in my book that I'm going through to prepare myself for the midterm in one week. I got stuck at a few questions, here's the first one. I won't ask the next until I'm done with this and so forth...

Homework Statement There is a charge density rho that exists in a spherical region of space defined by 0 < r < a. \rho (r) = Ke^{-br} How do you find the electric field if a charge density varies as such?The Attempt at a Solution I found Q total = \int \int \int \rho dV Now I need to find E...

Hey, this is from "Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory" by Reitz, et al. Problem 2-15. I have had a really hard time trying to learn from this book as there are no examples to apply the equations they prove throughout the chapters. Anyhow, I don't really have anything down for this problem...