Find the magnitude of electric flux ( Φ E ) associated with the curved surface of the cone.
Notation: ϵ 0 denotes the permittivity of free space.
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In the first line you wrote the total flux as 4 π ϵ 0 q .
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According to Gauss's law the total flux on the surface (including the base) is
Φ = ϵ 0 q
We divide this to two parts: Φ = Φ C + Φ B , where Φ C is the flux though the curved surface and Φ B is the flux through the base. Clearly, it is easier to calculate Φ B , and we can use Φ C = Φ − Φ B to answer the original question.
Simple geometry tells us that the line connecting the charge to the perimeter of the base makes an angle of θ 0 = cos − 1 h 2 + 1 6 R 2 h with the vertical. The solid angle covered by the base is:
Ω = ∫ 0 θ 0 ∫ 0 2 π sin θ d θ d ϕ = 2 π ( 1 − cos θ 0 )
The full flux Φ is evenly distributed over a solid angle of 4 π . The solid angle belonging to the curved surface is 4 π − 2 π ( 1 − cos θ 0 ) = 2 π ( 1 + cos θ 0 ) . Therefore the flux is
Φ C = ϵ 0 q 4 π 2 π ( 1 + cos θ 0 ) = 2 q ( 1 + h 2 + 1 6 R 2 h )