A system consists of a uniformly charged sphere of radius R and a surrounding medium filled by a charge with the volume density , 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.
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Consider a Thin Spherical Gaussian Surface centered around the given sphere with radius r , r > R and thickness d r
Denote the Electric Flux through that Gaussian surface by ϕ . Due to symmetry, the electric field is of uniform magnitude and normal to th egaussian surface
ϕ = ϵ 0 Charge Contained inside Gaussian Surface = E ⋅ ∮ d A
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 )
Hence, ϕ = ϵ 0 Q + 2 A ( r 2 − R 2 ) = E ⋅ 4 π r 2 ⇒ E = 4 π ϵ 0 r 2 Q − 2 ϵ 0 r 2 A ⋅ R 2
To make E independant of R , Q = 2 π A R 2