An electricity and magnetism problem by Jaswinder Singh

A system consists of a uniformly charged sphere of radius R and a surrounding medium filled by a charge with the volume density ρ = A r \large\rho =\frac { A }{ r } , where "A" is a positive constant and "r" is the distance from the center of the sphere. Find the charge of the sphere for which the electric field intensity E outside the sphere is independent of R.

A ε \frac { A }{ \varepsilon } 2 π A R 2 2\pi A{ R }^{ 2 } 2 R π 2R\pi None of these choices A 2 ε \frac { A }{ 2\varepsilon }

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Math Ninjas
May 1, 2019

Consider a Thin Spherical Gaussian Surface centered around the given sphere with radius r , r > R r , ~ r > R and thickness d r dr

Denote the Electric Flux through that Gaussian surface by ϕ \phi . Due to symmetry, the electric field is of uniform magnitude and normal to th egaussian surface

ϕ = Charge Contained inside Gaussian Surface ϵ 0 = E d A \phi = \frac{\text{Charge Contained inside Gaussian Surface}}{\epsilon_0} = E \cdot \oint dA

Charge Contained inside Gaussian Surface = Q + R r ρ 4 π r 2 d r = Q + R r 4 A π r d r = Q + [ 2 A π r 2 ] R r = Q + 2 A π ( r 2 R 2 ) Q + \int \limits _R ^r { \rho 4 \pi r^2 dr} = Q + \int \limits _R ^r{4 A \pi r dr} = Q + [2 A \pi r^2] _R ^r = Q + 2 A \pi (r^2 - R^2)

Hence, ϕ = Q + 2 A ( r 2 R 2 ) ϵ 0 = E 4 π r 2 E = Q 4 π ϵ 0 r 2 A R 2 2 ϵ 0 r 2 \phi = \frac{Q + 2A(r^2 - R^2)}{\epsilon_0} = E \cdot 4\pi r^2 \Rightarrow E = \frac{Q}{4 \pi \epsilon _0 r^2} - \frac{A \cdot R^2}{2 \epsilon_0 r^2}

To make E independant of R R , Q = 2 π A R 2 Q = \boxed{2 \pi A R^2}

great solution !

A Former Brilliant Member - 2 years, 1 month ago

I did not understand the red highlighted part of the sum. Please elaborate .

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