Classical Electrodynamics · Problem 1.4

Boundary-Value Problems in Electrostatics: I — John David Jackson

Physics — E&M · electric-field-charged-spheres-gauss-law

Problem

Each of three charged spheres of radius aa, one conducting, one having a uniform charge density within its volume, and one having a spherically symmetric charge density that varies radially as rnr^n (n>−3n > -3), has a total charge QQ. Use Gauss's theorem to obtain the electric fields both inside and outside each sphere. Sketch the behavior of the fields as a function of radius for the first two spheres, and for the third with n=−2,+2n = -2, +2.

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