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    Example: A Spherical Conducting Shell

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    The document summarizes the electric field and potential around a spherical conducting shell with a point charge at its center. It states that: 1) The point charge will induce a charge of -q on the inner surface of the shell. 2) The electric field is 0 inside the shell, kq/r^2 outside the shell, and changes linearly between the shells. 3) The potential is calculated as a line integral of the electric field from infinity to r, giving values that depend on the region's distance from the center charge.

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    The document summarizes the electric field and potential around a spherical conducting shell with a point charge at its center. It states that: 1) The point charge will induce a charge of -q on the inner surface of the shell. 2) The electric field is 0 inside the shell, kq/r^2 outside the shell, and changes linearly between the shells. 3) The potential is calculated as a line integral of the electric field from infinity to r, giving values that depend on the region's distance from the center charge.

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    The document summarizes the electric field and potential around a spherical conducting shell with a point charge at its center. It states that: 1) The point charge will induce a charge of -q on the inner surface of the shell. 2) The electric field is 0 inside the shell, kq/r^2 outside the shell, and changes linearly between the shells. 3) The potential is calculated as a line integral of the electric field from infinity to r, giving values that depend on the region's distance from the center charge.

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    Example: A spherical conducting shell


    a) Suppose we place a point charge q at the center of a neutral spherical conducting
    shell (see Figure 2.13). It will attract negative charge to the inner surface of the
    conductor. How much induced charge will accumulate here?
    b) Find E and V as function of r in the three regions r < a, a < r < b, and r > b.

    Figure 2.13. A spherical conducting shell.


    a) The electric field inside the conducting shell is equal to zero (property 1 of
    conductors). Therefore, the electric flux through any concentric spherical Gaussian
    surface of radius r (a<r<b) is equal to zero. However, according to Gauss's law this
    implies that the charge enclosed by this surface is equal to zero. This can only be
    achieved if the charge accumulated on the inside of the conducting shell is equal to
    -q. Since the conducting shell is neutral and any net charge must reside on the
    surface, the charge on the outside of the conducting shell must be equal to +q.

    b) The electric field generated by this system can be calculated using Gauss's law.
    In the three different regions the electric field is equal to

     for b < r

     for a < r < b

     for r < a

    The electrostatic potential V(r) can be obtained by calculating the line integral of   
    from infinity to a point a distance r from the origin. Taking the reference point at
    infinity and setting the value of the electrostatic potential to zero there we can
    calculate the electrostatic potential. The line integral of   has to be evaluated for
    each of the three regions separately.
    For b < r:

    For a < r < b:
    For r < a:

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