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Consider two fixed identical uniformly charged solid cylinder's having volume charge density ρ \rho and radius R R length L L each and separated by distance d d . If a point charge is kept at a mid point of these cylinder on their axis, so that system is in equilibrium. Then find time period of small vertical oscillation of charged particle. If it expressed as:

T = 2 π a b + c d e ( m ϵ q ρ ) \displaystyle{T=2\pi \sqrt { \cfrac { a\sqrt { b } +c\sqrt { d } }{ e } \left( \cfrac { m\epsilon }{ q\rho } \right) } }

Find least value of a + b + c + d + e a+b+c+d+e

Details and assumptions :

  • R = 1 m , L = 1 m , d = 2 m R=1 \text{ m}, L=1 \text{ m}, d=2 \text{ m}

  • ϵ \epsilon is permittivity of free space and neglect gravity.

Original !
Try more Deepanshu's mixing of concepts


The answer is 19.

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1 solution

Sumanth R Hegde
Mar 1, 2017

First we need to evaluate the electric field by a cylinder of uniform \color{#D61F06}{ \text{uniform} } charge density ρ \rho , length L L and radius R R at a point on its axis . This can be found by integrating over elemental discs . I will leave the integration part and and only give the final result here .

E = ρ ( L ( d + L ) 2 + R 2 + d 2 + R 2 ) 2 ϵ \displaystyle E = \dfrac{ \rho ( L - \sqrt{ (d+ L)^2 + R^2} + \sqrt{d^2 + R^2})}{2 \epsilon} ........ where d d is the distance of the point from the base of the cylinder closer to it

Consider the state of the particle when it is displaced by a small distance x x from its mean \color{#D61F06}{ \text{ mean } } position

The net \color{#3D99F6}{ \text{net}} electric field acting on the particle is

E = ρ ( ( ( d 2 + x + L ) 2 + R 2 ( d 2 x + L ) 2 + R 2 ) ( ( d 2 + x ) 2 + R 2 ( d 2 x ) 2 + R 2 ) ) 2 ϵ \displaystyle E = \frac{ \rho \Big( \big( \sqrt{( \frac{d}{2} + x + L )^2 + R^2 } - \sqrt{ ( \frac{d}{2} -x + L )^2 + R^2 } \big ) -\big( \sqrt{ (\frac{d}{2} + x)^2 + R^2} - \sqrt{( \frac{d}{2} -x )^2 + R^2 } \big) \Big )}{ 2 \epsilon}

grouping the terms as shown above and after substituting the values given and simplifying using the binomial approximation \color{#3D99F6}{ \text{binomial approximation} } ( ( 1 + x ) n 1 + n x , for x < < 1 ) ( (1 + x)^n \approx 1 + nx ,\text{ for} ~ x<< 1) , we get

E = ρ x ( 4 5 5 2 ) 10 ϵ E = \dfrac{ \rho x ( 4\sqrt{5} - 5\sqrt{2} )}{10 \epsilon }

the acceleration of the charged particle will be

a = q E m a = \dfrac{qE}{m}

Comparing with standard equation for S . H . M \color{#3D99F6}{S.H.M} a = ω 2 x a= \omega^2 x , we get

ω = ρ q ( 4 5 5 2 ) 10 m ϵ \displaystyle \omega = \sqrt{ \frac{ \rho q ( 4\sqrt{5} - 5\sqrt{2} )}{10m\epsilon}}

Thus time period of oscillation is

T = 2 π ( 4 5 + 5 2 ) m ϵ 3 ρ q \displaystyle \color{#3D99F6}{ T = 2 \pi \sqrt{ \frac{ (4\sqrt{5} + 5\sqrt{2}) m\epsilon }{ 3 \rho q} }}

a = 4 , b = 5 , c = 5 , d = 2 , e = 3 \therefore \color{#D61F06}{a =4 , b=5 , c=5, d= 2, e =3 }

Hence the answer is 19 \boxed {\color{#20A900}{19}}

Great solution...I used potential instead of field.

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can u post ur solution

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Yeah. I also insist.

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