A solid infinite cylinder of equation has a uniform charge density . It also has a spherical cavity which is represented by the equation . The locus, in the plane, where the electric field is maximum is a circle of radius , where and are coprime positive integers.
Find the value of .
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At first we'll denote the Cillynder-Sphere system as the superposition of the whole cillynder ( c ) with charge density ρ and a sphere ( s ) with charge density − ρ . So, for using Gauss's Law we have: ∮ E c ⋅ d A = ϵ 0 Q e n c l o s e d ⇒ E c ( r ) = 2 ϵ 0 r R 2 ρ r ^ ∮ E s ⋅ d A = ϵ 0 Q e n c l o s e d ⇒ E s ( r ) = − 3 ϵ 0 r 2 R 3 ρ r ^ ⇒ E ( r ) = ϵ 0 R 2 ρ ( 2 r 1 − 3 r 2 R ) ⇒ max E ( r ) = E ( 3 4 R ) = 1 6 ϵ 0 3 R ρ All of this is for r ≥ R , but it's easy to find out that, by the same way, the electric field for r < R gets: E ( r ) = 6 ϵ 0 r ρ ⇒ max ( E ( r ) ) = E ( R ) = 6 ϵ 0 R ρ < 1 6 ϵ 0 3 R ρ So the locus on the whole plane in which the electric field is maximum is a circle with center at the origin and radius 3 4 R