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Homework Statement
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Because we are only looking at a cross section, I tried to reduce 5.3 down to just being a function of R and Theta. However I reasoned that there should be, based on this problem, no dependence on Theta either, so I figured I could reduce 5.3 down to just being
which gives the differential equation
and has the simple solution of
However, this can not really be related back to the to answer that they give me at the start of the problem.
I then guessed that means that this problem does some how related to Theta, which means I need to use
However, I am unsure of how to solve this equation. I see mentions of the bessel function, however, I don't see how equation 12.9 relates to that function, as I am missing the x^2 term.