Bound charge inside and outside a dielectric

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The discussion centers on calculating bound charges in a dielectric cylinder with an embedded conducting wire. The user successfully derived the electric displacement field (D) and electric field (E) outside the dielectric, resulting in D = lambda/(2*pi*s) and E = lambda/(2*epsilon_0*pi*s). They confirmed that the total bound charge enclosed is zero outside the cylinder, indicating that the bound charge on the outer surface equals the bound charge inside the surface. For the electric field inside the dielectric, E is expressed as lambda/(2*epsilon_0*epsilon_r*pi*s), leading to a charge per unit length of lambda/epsilon_r.

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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?


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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.
 
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I think I know what I am supposed to do conceptually but still I don't know how to write down everything in a systematic and scientific way. So, the bound charge enclosed came out to be 0 outside the cylinder. To satisfy this case, the bound charge inside the surface should be equal to the bound charge outside the surface.

For the third part of the question, E inside the dielectric will be lambda/(2*epsilon_0*epsilon_r*pi*s) along axial (s) direction
So, if we use Gauss's law, then we will get q enclosed to be lambda * l/epsilon_r, therefore charge per unit length will be lambda/epsilon_ri don't know about the third part of the question. would anyone please help me with this problem? thanks
 

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