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Homework Statement
A conducting wire of length a and charge density lambda is embedded inside a dielectric cylinder of radius b. To Show: a) Bound charge on the outer surface is equal in magnitude to the bound charge inside the surface.
b) volume density of bound charge is 0 in the dielectric.
c) what is the net charge along the axis?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
I calculated D and E outside the dielectric which came out to be
D = lambda/(2*pi*s) along axial (s) direction
E = lambda/(2*epsilon_0*pi*s) along axial (s) direction
Using Gauss's Law I found out free charge enclosed and total charge enclosed using D and E. Then subtracting free charge from the total charge, I got the total bound charge enclosed, which came out to be 0. I don't know if it make sense or not. I need help in understanding the question.
Thanks.