A parallel plate capacitor is completely filled with a dielectric sheet of thickness and relative permittivity is placed on a horizontal tabletop. The lower plate is glued to the tabletop and the dielectric slab is glued to the lower plate. The plates are square of edge length and mass of the upper plate is . The plates are given a charge and , then the upper plate is shifted horizontally by a small distance along one of its edges and set free. Find the period of oscillation of this plate. Thickness d of the dielectric is much smaller than the edge length .
Details: , , , and .
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The answer is t = 8 L / Q √ ( m k ϵ l x / d ) .Yields t = 8 s e c .. Hint-Due to fringing fields calculating the force might be tedious.Try using Energy Conservation.The Motion of the plate is described in terms of uniform my accelerated motion.So t = 4 √ ( 2 x / a )