A sphere of radius translates around a fixed point at a distance of from the center of the sphere on the plane, generating a solid toroid. If the toroid has constant density of charge , the value of the electric field on the point (where units are in meters) can be written as where and are coprime positive integers, find the value of .
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At first we'll take an infinitesimal part of the toroid, which is a disc with radious r , which center is at a distance R from the origin and a distance R 2 + L 2 from the point P . By Gauss' Law we have that: ∮ E d E d s = ϵ 0 Q e n l o s e d E d E ⋅ 2 π R 2 + L 2 = ϵ 0 ρ π r 2 ⇒ E d E = 2 ϵ 0 R 2 + L 2 ρ r 2 ⋅ R 2 + L 2 ( − R cos θ , − R sin θ , L ) E d E = 2 ϵ 0 ( R 2 + L 2 ) ρ r 2 ( − R cos θ , − R sin θ , L ) Note that this can be done only because L ≤ R . As we have an infinitesimal part of the total electric field at P , we have: E = ∫ 0 2 π E d E d θ E = ∫ 0 2 π 2 ϵ 0 ( R 2 + L 2 ) ρ r 2 ( − R cos θ , − R sin θ , L ) d θ By the geometry of the electric field we know that the components in x and y will be cancelled at summing up them: E = ∫ 0 2 π 2 ϵ 0 ( R 2 + L 2 ) ρ r 2 L d θ E = ϵ 0 ( R 2 + L 2 ) ρ r 2 L π As R = 1 0 [ m ] , r = 2 [ m ] , ρ = 1 2 5 [ m 3 C ] and L = 5 : E = ϵ 0 2 0 π