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  239. <h1 class="title">
  240. <a href="./index.html" class="homepage-link">Pre-Quantum Electrodynamics</a>
  241. </h1>
  242. </header>
  243. <nav id="collapsed-table-of-contents">
  244. <details>
  245. <summary>
  246. Table of contents
  247. </summary>
  248. <ul>
  249. <li>
  250. <details>
  251. <summary>
  252. <a href="./in.html#in">Introduction</a><span class="headline-id">in</span>
  253. </summary>
  254. <ul>
  255. <li>
  256. <a href="./in_p.html#in_p">Preface</a><span class="headline-id">in.p</span>
  257. </li>
  258. <li>
  259. <details>
  260. <summary>
  261. <a href="./in_t.html#in_t">Tips for the reader</a><span class="headline-id">in.t</span>
  262. </summary>
  263. <ul>
  264. <li>
  265. <a href="./in_t_l.html#in_t_l">Section and equation labelling</a><span class="headline-id">in.t.l</span>
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  267. <li>
  268. <a href="./in_t_c.html#in_t_c">Contextual colors</a><span class="headline-id">in.t.c</span>
  269. </li>
  270. </ul>
  271. </details>
  272. </li>
  273. </ul>
  274. </details>
  275. </li>
  276. <li>
  277. <details open="">
  278. <summary class="toc-open">
  279. <a href="./ems.html#ems">Electromagnetostatics</a><span class="headline-id">ems</span>
  280. </summary>
  281. <ul>
  282. <li>
  283. <details open="">
  284. <summary class="toc-open">
  285. <a href="./ems_es.html#ems_es">Electrostatics</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es</span>
  286. </summary>
  287. <ul>
  288. <li>
  289. <details>
  290. <summary>
  291. <a href="./ems_es_ec.html#ems_es_ec">Electric Charge</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ec</span>
  292. </summary>
  293. <ul>
  294. <li>
  295. <a href="./ems_es_ec_b.html#ems_es_ec_b">Basics</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ec.b</span>
  296. </li>
  297. <li>
  298. <a href="./ems_es_ec_c.html#ems_es_ec_c">Conservation</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ec.c</span>
  299. </li>
  300. <li>
  301. <a href="./ems_es_ec_q.html#ems_es_ec_q">Quantization</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ec.q</span>
  302. </li>
  303. <li>
  304. <a href="./ems_es_ec_s.html#ems_es_ec_s">Structure</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ec.s</span>
  305. </li>
  306. </ul>
  307. </details>
  308. </li>
  309. <li>
  310. <details>
  311. <summary>
  312. <a href="./ems_es_efo.html#ems_es_efo">Electric Force and Energy</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.efo</span>
  313. </summary>
  314. <ul>
  315. <li>
  316. <a href="./ems_es_efo_cl.html#ems_es_efo_cl">Coulomb's Law</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.efo.cl</span>
  317. </li>
  318. <li>
  319. <a href="./ems_es_efo_ps.html#ems_es_efo_ps">Principle of Superposition</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.efo.ps</span>
  320. </li>
  321. <li>
  322. <a href="./ems_es_efo_exp.html#ems_es_efo_exp">Experimental Investigations</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.efo.exp</span>
  323. </li>
  324. <li>
  325. <a href="./ems_es_efo_e.html#ems_es_efo_e">Energy in Systems of Point Charges</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.efo.e</span>
  326. </li>
  327. </ul>
  328. </details>
  329. </li>
  330. <li>
  331. <details>
  332. <summary>
  333. <a href="./ems_es_ef.html#ems_es_ef">Electrostatic Fields</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ef</span>
  334. </summary>
  335. <ul>
  336. <li>
  337. <a href="./ems_es_ef_pc.html#ems_es_ef_pc">Electrostatic Field of Point Charges</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ef.pc</span>
  338. </li>
  339. <li>
  340. <a href="./ems_es_ef_ccd.html#ems_es_ef_ccd">Electrostatic Field of Continuous Charge Distributions</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ef.ccd</span>
  341. </li>
  342. <li>
  343. <a href="./ems_es_ef_cE.html#ems_es_ef_cE">The Curl of \({\bf E}\)</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ef.cE</span>
  344. </li>
  345. <li>
  346. <a href="./ems_es_ef_Gl.html#ems_es_ef_Gl">Gauss's Law: the divergence of \({\bf E}\)</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ef.Gl</span>
  347. </li>
  348. </ul>
  349. </details>
  350. </li>
  351. <li>
  352. <details open="">
  353. <summary class="toc-open">
  354. <a href="./ems_es_ep.html#ems_es_ep">The Electrostatic Potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ep</span>
  355. </summary>
  356. <ul>
  357. <li>
  358. <a href="./ems_es_ep_d.html#ems_es_ep_d">Definition</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ep.d</span>
  359. </li>
  360. <li>
  361. <a href="./ems_es_ep_fp.html#ems_es_ep_fp">Field in terms of the potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ep.fp</span>
  362. </li>
  363. <li class="toc-currentpage">
  364. <a href="./ems_es_ep_ex.html#ems_es_ep_ex">Example calculations for the potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ep.ex</span>
  365. </li>
  366. <li>
  367. <a href="./ems_es_ep_PL.html#ems_es_ep_PL">Poisson's and Laplace's Equations</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ep.PL</span>
  368. </li>
  369. <li>
  370. <a href="./ems_es_ep_bc.html#ems_es_ep_bc">Electrostatic Boundary Conditions</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.ep.bc</span>
  371. </li>
  372. </ul>
  373. </details>
  374. </li>
  375. <li>
  376. <a href="./ems_es_e.html#ems_es_e">Electrostatic Energy from the Potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.e</span>
  377. </li>
  378. <li>
  379. <details>
  380. <summary>
  381. <a href="./ems_es_c.html#ems_es_c">Conductors</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.c</span>
  382. </summary>
  383. <ul>
  384. <li>
  385. <a href="./ems_es_c_p.html#ems_es_c_p">Properties</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.c.p</span>
  386. </li>
  387. <li>
  388. <a href="./ems_es_c_ic.html#ems_es_c_ic">Induced Charges</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.c.ic</span>
  389. </li>
  390. <li>
  391. <a href="./ems_es_c_sc.html#ems_es_c_sc">Surface Charge and the Force on a Conductor</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.c.sc</span>
  392. </li>
  393. <li>
  394. <a href="./ems_es_c_cap.html#ems_es_c_cap">Capacitors</a><span class="headline-id">ems.es.c.cap</span>
  395. </li>
  396. </ul>
  397. </details>
  398. </li>
  399. </ul>
  400. </details>
  401. </li>
  402. <li>
  403. <details>
  404. <summary>
  405. <a href="./ems_ca.html#ems_ca">Calculating or Approximating the Electrostatic Potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca</span>
  406. </summary>
  407. <ul>
  408. <li>
  409. <details>
  410. <summary>
  411. <a href="./ems_ca_fe.html#ems_ca_fe">Fundamental Equations for the Electrostatic Potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.fe</span>
  412. </summary>
  413. <ul>
  414. <li>
  415. <a href="./ems_ca_fe_L.html#ems_ca_fe_L">The Laplace Equation</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.fe.L</span>
  416. </li>
  417. <li>
  418. <a href="./ems_ca_fe_g.html#ems_ca_fe_g">Green's Identities</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.fe.g</span>
  419. </li>
  420. <li>
  421. <a href="./ems_ca_fe_uP.html#ems_ca_fe_uP">Uniqueness of Solution to Poisson's Equation</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.fe.uP</span>
  422. </li>
  423. </ul>
  424. </details>
  425. </li>
  426. <li>
  427. <details>
  428. <summary>
  429. <a href="./ems_ca_mi.html#ems_ca_mi">The Method of Images</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.mi</span>
  430. </summary>
  431. <ul>
  432. <li>
  433. <a href="./ems_ca_mi_isc.html#ems_ca_mi_isc">Induced Surface Charges</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.mi.isc</span>
  434. </li>
  435. <li>
  436. <a href="./ems_ca_mi_fe.html#ems_ca_mi_fe">Force and Energy</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.mi.fe</span>
  437. </li>
  438. <li>
  439. <a href="./ems_ca_mi_o.html#ems_ca_mi_o">Other Image Problems</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.mi.o</span>
  440. </li>
  441. </ul>
  442. </details>
  443. </li>
  444. <li>
  445. <details>
  446. <summary>
  447. <a href="./ems_ca_sv.html#ems_ca_sv">Separation of Variables</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.sv</span>
  448. </summary>
  449. <ul>
  450. <li>
  451. <a href="./ems_ca_sv_car.html#ems_ca_sv_car">Cartesian Coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.sv.car</span>
  452. </li>
  453. <li>
  454. <a href="./ems_ca_sv_cyl.html#ems_ca_sv_cyl">Cylindrical Coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.sv.cyl</span>
  455. </li>
  456. <li>
  457. <a href="./ems_ca_sv_sph.html#ems_ca_sv_sph">Spherical Coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.sv.sph</span>
  458. </li>
  459. </ul>
  460. </details>
  461. </li>
  462. <li>
  463. <details>
  464. <summary>
  465. <a href="./ems_ca_me.html#ems_ca_me">The Multipole Expansion</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.me</span>
  466. </summary>
  467. <ul>
  468. <li>
  469. <a href="./ems_ca_me_a.html#ems_ca_me_a">Approximate Potential at Large Distance</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.me.a</span>
  470. </li>
  471. <li>
  472. <a href="./ems_ca_me_md.html#ems_ca_me_md">Monopole and Dipole Terms</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.me.md</span>
  473. </li>
  474. <li>
  475. <a href="./ems_ca_me_h.html#ems_ca_me_h">Higher Moments</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.me.h</span>
  476. </li>
  477. <li>
  478. <a href="./ems_ca_me_Ed.html#ems_ca_me_Ed">The Electric Field of a Dipole</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.me.Ed</span>
  479. </li>
  480. <li>
  481. <a href="./ems_ca_me_Eq.html#ems_ca_me_Eq">The Electric Field of a Quadrupole</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ca.me.Eq</span>
  482. </li>
  483. </ul>
  484. </details>
  485. </li>
  486. </ul>
  487. </details>
  488. </li>
  489. <li>
  490. <details>
  491. <summary>
  492. <a href="./ems_ms.html#ems_ms">Magnetostatics</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms</span>
  493. </summary>
  494. <ul>
  495. <li>
  496. <details>
  497. <summary>
  498. <a href="./ems_ms_lf.html#ems_ms_lf">Charges in Motion: the Lorentz Force Law</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.lf</span>
  499. </summary>
  500. <ul>
  501. <li>
  502. <a href="./ems_ms_lf_pc.html#ems_ms_lf_pc">Point Charges</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.lf.pc</span>
  503. </li>
  504. <li>
  505. <a href="./ems_ms_lf_sc.html#ems_ms_lf_sc">Steady Currents</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.lf.sc</span>
  506. </li>
  507. </ul>
  508. </details>
  509. </li>
  510. <li>
  511. <a href="./ems_ms_ce.html#ems_ms_ce">Charge Conservation and the Continuity Equation</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.ce</span>
  512. </li>
  513. <li>
  514. <a href="./ems_ms_BS.html#ems_ms_BS">Steady Currents: the Biot-Savart Law</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.BS</span>
  515. </li>
  516. <li>
  517. <details>
  518. <summary>
  519. <a href="./ems_ms_dcB.html#ems_ms_dcB">Divergence and Curl of \({\bf B}\)</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.dcB</span>
  520. </summary>
  521. <ul>
  522. <li>
  523. <a href="./ems_ms_dcB_iw.html#ems_ms_dcB_iw">Simplistic case: infinite wire</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.dcB.iw</span>
  524. </li>
  525. <li>
  526. <a href="./ems_ms_dcB_d.html#ems_ms_dcB_d">Divergence of \({\bf B}\) from Biot-Savart</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.dcB.d</span>
  527. </li>
  528. <li>
  529. <a href="./ems_ms_dcB_c.html#ems_ms_dcB_c">Curl of \({\bf B}\) from Biot-Savart; Ampère's Law</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.dcB.c</span>
  530. </li>
  531. </ul>
  532. </details>
  533. </li>
  534. <li>
  535. <details>
  536. <summary>
  537. <a href="./ems_ms_vp.html#ems_ms_vp">The Vector Potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.vp</span>
  538. </summary>
  539. <ul>
  540. <li>
  541. <a href="./ems_ms_vp_A.html#ems_ms_vp_A">Definition; Gauge Choices</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.vp.A</span>
  542. </li>
  543. <li>
  544. <a href="./ems_ms_vp_mbc.html#ems_ms_vp_mbc">Magnetic Boundary Conditions</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.vp.mbc</span>
  545. </li>
  546. <li>
  547. <a href="./ems_ms_vp_me.html#ems_ms_vp_me">Multipole Expansion of the Vector Potential</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.vp.me</span>
  548. </li>
  549. <li>
  550. <a href="./ems_ms_vp_comp.html#ems_ms_vp_comp">Comparison of Electrostatics and Magnetostatics</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.vp.comp</span>
  551. </li>
  552. <li>
  553. <a href="./ems_ms_vp_LC.html#ems_ms_vp_LC">The Levi-Civita Symbol</a><span class="headline-id">ems.ms.vp.LC</span>
  554. </li>
  555. </ul>
  556. </details>
  557. </li>
  558. </ul>
  559. </details>
  560. </li>
  561. </ul>
  562. </details>
  563. </li>
  564. <li>
  565. <details>
  566. <summary>
  567. <a href="./emsm.html#emsm">Electromagnetostatics in matter</a><span class="headline-id">emsm</span>
  568. </summary>
  569. <ul>
  570. <li>
  571. <details>
  572. <summary>
  573. <a href="./emsm_esm.html#emsm_esm">Electrostatics in matter</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm</span>
  574. </summary>
  575. <ul>
  576. <li>
  577. <details>
  578. <summary>
  579. <a href="./emsm_esm_mE.html#emsm_esm_mE">Matter Bathed in E Fields; Polarization</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.mE</span>
  580. </summary>
  581. <ul>
  582. <li>
  583. <a href="./emsm_esm_mE_o.html#emsm_esm_mE_o">Overview</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.mE.o</span>
  584. </li>
  585. <li>
  586. <a href="./emsm_esm_mE_P.html#emsm_esm_mE_P">Polarization</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.mE.P</span>
  587. </li>
  588. </ul>
  589. </details>
  590. </li>
  591. <li>
  592. <details>
  593. <summary>
  594. <a href="./emsm_esm_po.html#emsm_esm_po">Polarized Objects; Bound Charges</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.po</span>
  595. </summary>
  596. <ul>
  597. <li>
  598. <a href="./emsm_esm_po_pibc.html#emsm_esm_po_pibc">Physical Interpretation of Bound Charges</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.po.pibc</span>
  599. </li>
  600. <li>
  601. <a href="./emsm_esm_po_fid.html#emsm_esm_po_fid">The Field Inside a Dielectric</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.po.fid</span>
  602. </li>
  603. </ul>
  604. </details>
  605. </li>
  606. <li>
  607. <details>
  608. <summary>
  609. <a href="./emsm_esm_D.html#emsm_esm_D">The Electric Displacement</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.D</span>
  610. </summary>
  611. <ul>
  612. <li>
  613. <a href="./emsm_esm_D_bc.html#emsm_esm_D_bc">Boundary Conditions</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.D.bc</span>
  614. </li>
  615. </ul>
  616. </details>
  617. </li>
  618. <li>
  619. <a href="./emsm_esm_di.html#emsm_esm_di">Dielectrics</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.di</span>
  620. </li>
  621. <li>
  622. <details>
  623. <summary>
  624. <a href="./emsm_esm_ld.html#emsm_esm_ld">Linear Dielectrics</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.ld</span>
  625. </summary>
  626. <ul>
  627. <li>
  628. <a href="./emsm_esm_ld_sp.html#emsm_esm_ld_sp">Susceptibility, Permittivity, Dielectric Constant</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.ld.sp</span>
  629. </li>
  630. <li>
  631. <a href="./emsm_esm_ld_bvp.html#emsm_esm_ld_bvp">Boundary Value Problems with Linear Dielectrics</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.ld.bvp</span>
  632. </li>
  633. <li>
  634. <a href="./emsm_esm_ld_e.html#emsm_esm_ld_e">Energy in Dielectric Systems</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.ld.e</span>
  635. </li>
  636. <li>
  637. <a href="./emsm_esm_ld_f.html#emsm_esm_ld_f">Forces on Dielectrics</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.esm.ld.f</span>
  638. </li>
  639. </ul>
  640. </details>
  641. </li>
  642. </ul>
  643. </details>
  644. </li>
  645. <li>
  646. <details>
  647. <summary>
  648. <a href="./emsm_msm.html#emsm_msm">Magnetostatics in matter</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm</span>
  649. </summary>
  650. <ul>
  651. <li>
  652. <details>
  653. <summary>
  654. <a href="./emsm_msm_m.html#emsm_msm_m">Magnetization</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.m</span>
  655. </summary>
  656. <ul>
  657. <li>
  658. <a href="./emsm_msm_m_dpf.html#emsm_msm_m_dpf">Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.m.dpf</span>
  659. </li>
  660. <li>
  661. <a href="./emsm_msm_m_fdi.html#emsm_msm_m_fdi">Torques and Forces on Magnetic Dipoles</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.m.fdi</span>
  662. </li>
  663. <li>
  664. <a href="./emsm_msm_a.html#emsm_msm_a">Effect of Magnetic Field on Atomic Orbits</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.a</span>
  665. </li>
  666. </ul>
  667. </details>
  668. </li>
  669. <li>
  670. <details>
  671. <summary>
  672. <a href="./emsm_msm_fmo.html#emsm_msm_fmo">The Field of a Magnetized Object</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.fmo</span>
  673. </summary>
  674. <ul>
  675. <li>
  676. <a href="./emsm_msm_fmo_bc.html#emsm_msm_fmo_bc">Bound Currents</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.fmo.bc</span>
  677. </li>
  678. <li>
  679. <a href="./emsm_msm_fmo_pibc.html#emsm_msm_fmo_pibc">Physical Interpretation of Bound Currents</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.fmo.pibc</span>
  680. </li>
  681. <li>
  682. <a href="./emsm_msm_fmo_fim.html#emsm_msm_fmo_fim">The Magnetic Field Inside Matter</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.fmo.fim</span>
  683. </li>
  684. </ul>
  685. </details>
  686. </li>
  687. <li>
  688. <details>
  689. <summary>
  690. <a href="./emsm_msm_H.html#emsm_msm_H">The H Field</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.H</span>
  691. </summary>
  692. <ul>
  693. <li>
  694. <a href="./emsm_msm_H_A.html#emsm_msm_H_A">Ampère's Law in Magnetized Materials</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.H.A</span>
  695. </li>
  696. </ul>
  697. </details>
  698. </li>
  699. <li>
  700. <details>
  701. <summary>
  702. <a href="./emsm_msm_lnlm.html#emsm_msm_lnlm">Linear and Nonlinear Media</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.lnlm</span>
  703. </summary>
  704. <ul>
  705. <li>
  706. <a href="./emsm_msm_lnlm_sp.html#emsm_msm_lnlm_sp">Magnetic Susceptibility and Permeability</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.lnlm.sp</span>
  707. </li>
  708. <li>
  709. <a href="./emsm_msm_lnlm_fm.html#emsm_msm_lnlm_fm">Ferromagnetism</a><span class="headline-id">emsm.msm.lnlm.fm</span>
  710. </li>
  711. </ul>
  712. </details>
  713. </li>
  714. </ul>
  715. </details>
  716. </li>
  717. </ul>
  718. </details>
  719. </li>
  720. <li>
  721. <details>
  722. <summary>
  723. <a href="./emd.html#emd">Electromagnetodynamics</a><span class="headline-id">emd</span>
  724. </summary>
  725. <ul>
  726. <li>
  727. <details>
  728. <summary>
  729. <a href="./emd_Fl.html#emd_Fl">Induction: Faraday's Law</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Fl</span>
  730. </summary>
  731. <ul>
  732. <li>
  733. <a href="./emd_Fl_Fl.html#emd_Fl_Fl">Faraday's Law</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Fl.Fl</span>
  734. </li>
  735. <li>
  736. <a href="./emd_Fl_ief.html#emd_Fl_ief">The Induced Electric Field</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Fl.ief</span>
  737. </li>
  738. <li>
  739. <a href="./emd_Fl_i.html#emd_Fl_i">Inductance</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Fl.i</span>
  740. </li>
  741. <li>
  742. <a href="./emd_Fl_e.html#emd_Fl_e">Energy in Magnetic Fields</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Fl.e</span>
  743. </li>
  744. </ul>
  745. </details>
  746. </li>
  747. <li>
  748. <details>
  749. <summary>
  750. <a href="./emd_Me.html#emd_Me">Maxwell's Equations</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Me</span>
  751. </summary>
  752. <ul>
  753. <li>
  754. <a href="./emd_Me_ebM.html#emd_Me_ebM">Electrodynamics Before Maxwell</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Me.ebM</span>
  755. </li>
  756. <li>
  757. <a href="./emd_Me_dc.html#emd_Me_dc">Maxwell's Correction to Ampère's Law; the Displacement Current</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Me.dc</span>
  758. </li>
  759. <li>
  760. <a href="./emd_Me_Me.html#emd_Me_Me">Maxwell's Equations</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Me.Me</span>
  761. </li>
  762. <li>
  763. <a href="./emd_Me_mc.html#emd_Me_mc">Magnetic Charge</a><span class="headline-id">emd.Me.mc</span>
  764. </li>
  765. </ul>
  766. </details>
  767. </li>
  768. <li>
  769. <details>
  770. <summary>
  771. <a href="./emd_ce.html#emd_ce">Charge and Energy Flows</a><span class="headline-id">emd.ce</span>
  772. </summary>
  773. <ul>
  774. <li>
  775. <a href="./emd_ce_ce.html#emd_ce_ce">The Continuity Equation</a><span class="headline-id">emd.ce.ce</span>
  776. </li>
  777. <li>
  778. <a href="./emd_ce_poy.html#emd_ce_poy">Poynting's Theorem; the Poynting Vector</a><span class="headline-id">emd.ce.poy</span>
  779. </li>
  780. <li>
  781. <a href="./emd_ce_mst.html#emd_ce_mst">Maxwell's Stress Tensor</a><span class="headline-id">emd.ce.mst</span>
  782. </li>
  783. <li>
  784. <a href="./emd_ce_mom.html#emd_ce_mom">Momentum</a><span class="headline-id">emd.ce.mom</span>
  785. </li>
  786. <li>
  787. <a href="./emd_ce_amom.html#emd_ce_amom">Angular Momentum</a><span class="headline-id">emd.ce.amom</span>
  788. </li>
  789. </ul>
  790. </details>
  791. </li>
  792. <li>
  793. <details>
  794. <summary>
  795. <a href="./emd_emw.html#emd_emw">Electromagnetic waves in vacuum</a><span class="headline-id">emd.emw</span>
  796. </summary>
  797. <ul>
  798. <li>
  799. <a href="./emd_emw_we.html#emd_emw_we">The Wave Equation</a><span class="headline-id">emd.emw.we</span>
  800. </li>
  801. <li>
  802. <a href="./emd_emw_mpw.html#emd_emw_mpw">Monochromatic Plane Waves</a><span class="headline-id">emd.emw.mpw</span>
  803. </li>
  804. <li>
  805. <a href="./emd_emw_ep.html#emd_emw_ep">Energy and Momentum</a><span class="headline-id">emd.emw.ep</span>
  806. </li>
  807. </ul>
  808. </details>
  809. </li>
  810. </ul>
  811. </details>
  812. </li>
  813. <li>
  814. <details>
  815. <summary>
  816. <a href="./emdm.html#emdm">Electromagnetodynamics in Matter</a><span class="headline-id">emdm</span>
  817. </summary>
  818. <ul>
  819. <li>
  820. <details>
  821. <summary>
  822. <a href="./emdm_Me.html#emdm_Me">Maxwell's Equations in Matter</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.Me</span>
  823. </summary>
  824. <ul>
  825. <li>
  826. <a href="./emdm_Me_Mem.html#emdm_Me_Mem">Maxwell's Equations in Matter</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.Me.Mem</span>
  827. </li>
  828. <li>
  829. <a href="./emdm_Me_bc.html#emdm_Me_bc">Boundary Conditions</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.Me.bc</span>
  830. </li>
  831. </ul>
  832. </details>
  833. </li>
  834. <li>
  835. <details>
  836. <summary>
  837. <a href="./emdm_emwm.html#emdm_emwm">Electromagnetic Waves in Matter</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm</span>
  838. </summary>
  839. <ul>
  840. <li>
  841. <a href="./emdm_emwm_plm.html#emdm_emwm_plm">Propagation in Linear Media</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.plm</span>
  842. </li>
  843. <li>
  844. <a href="./emdm_emwm_refr.html#emdm_emwm_refr">Refraction</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.refr</span>
  845. </li>
  846. <li>
  847. <details>
  848. <summary>
  849. <a href="./emdm_emwm_refl.html#emdm_emwm_refl">Reflection and Transmission</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.refl</span>
  850. </summary>
  851. <ul>
  852. <li>
  853. <a href="./emdm_emwm_refl_ni.html#emdm_emwm_refl_ni">Normal Incidence</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.refl.ni</span>
  854. </li>
  855. <li>
  856. <a href="./emdm_emwm_refl_oi.html#emdm_emwm_refl_oi">Oblique Incidence</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.refl.oi</span>
  857. </li>
  858. </ul>
  859. </details>
  860. </li>
  861. <li>
  862. <details>
  863. <summary>
  864. <a href="./emdm_emwm_ad.html#emdm_emwm_ad">Absorption and Dispersion</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.ad</span>
  865. </summary>
  866. <ul>
  867. <li>
  868. <a href="./emdm_emwm_ad_c.html#emdm_emwm_ad_c">EM Waves in Conductors</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.ad.c</span>
  869. </li>
  870. </ul>
  871. </details>
  872. </li>
  873. <li>
  874. <details>
  875. <summary>
  876. <a href="./emdm_emwm_wg.html#emdm_emwm_wg">Waveguides</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.wg</span>
  877. </summary>
  878. <ul>
  879. <li>
  880. <a href="./emdm_emwm_wg_gw.html#emdm_emwm_wg_gw">Guided waves</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.wg.gw</span>
  881. </li>
  882. <li>
  883. <a href="./emdm_emwm_wg_r.html#emdm_emwm_wg_r">Rectangular Waveguides</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.wg.r</span>
  884. </li>
  885. <li>
  886. <a href="./emdm_emwm_wg_c.html#emdm_emwm_wg_c">Coaxial Lines</a><span class="headline-id">emdm.emwm.wg.c</span>
  887. </li>
  888. </ul>
  889. </details>
  890. </li>
  891. </ul>
  892. </details>
  893. </li>
  894. </ul>
  895. </details>
  896. </li>
  897. <li>
  898. <details>
  899. <summary>
  900. <a href="./emf.html#emf">Electromagnetic Fields</a><span class="headline-id">emf</span>
  901. </summary>
  902. <ul>
  903. <li>
  904. <a href="./emf_svp.html#emf_svp">Scalar and Vector Potentials</a><span class="headline-id">emf.svp</span>
  905. </li>
  906. <li>
  907. <details>
  908. <summary>
  909. <a href="./emf_g.html#emf_g">Gauge Freedom and Choices</a><span class="headline-id">emf.g</span>
  910. </summary>
  911. <ul>
  912. <li>
  913. <a href="./emf_g_Cg.html#emf_g_Cg">Coulomb Gauge</a><span class="headline-id">emf.g.Cg</span>
  914. </li>
  915. <li>
  916. <a href="./emf_g_Lg.html#emf_g_Lg">Lorenz Gauge; d'Alembertian; Inhomogeneous Maxwell Equations</a><span class="headline-id">emf.g.Lg</span>
  917. </li>
  918. </ul>
  919. </details>
  920. </li>
  921. </ul>
  922. </details>
  923. </li>
  924. <li>
  925. <details>
  926. <summary>
  927. <a href="./red.html#red">Relativistic Electrodynamics</a><span class="headline-id">red</span>
  928. </summary>
  929. <ul>
  930. <li>
  931. <details>
  932. <summary>
  933. <a href="./red_sr.html#red_sr">Special Relativity</a><span class="headline-id">red.sr</span>
  934. </summary>
  935. <ul>
  936. <li>
  937. <a href="./red_sr_p.html#red_sr_p">Postulates and their consequences</a><span class="headline-id">red.sr.p</span>
  938. </li>
  939. <li>
  940. <a href="./red_sr_Lt.html#red_sr_Lt">Lorentz Transformations</a><span class="headline-id">red.sr.Lt</span>
  941. </li>
  942. <li>
  943. <a href="./red_sr_4v.html#red_sr_4v">Covariant and Contravariant Four-Vectors</a><span class="headline-id">red.sr.4v</span>
  944. </li>
  945. </ul>
  946. </details>
  947. </li>
  948. <li>
  949. <details>
  950. <summary>
  951. <a href="./red_rm.html#red_rm">Relativistic Mechanics</a><span class="headline-id">red.rm</span>
  952. </summary>
  953. <ul>
  954. <li>
  955. <a href="./red_rm_pt.html#red_rm_pt">Proper Time and Proper Velocity</a><span class="headline-id">red.rm.pt</span>
  956. </li>
  957. <li>
  958. <a href="./red_rm_rme.html#red_rm_rme">Relativistic Momentum and Energy</a><span class="headline-id">red.rm.rme</span>
  959. </li>
  960. <li>
  961. <a href="./red_rm_Mf.html#red_rm_Mf">Relativistic version of Newton's Laws; the Minkowski Force</a><span class="headline-id">red.rm.Mf</span>
  962. </li>
  963. </ul>
  964. </details>
  965. </li>
  966. <li>
  967. <details>
  968. <summary>
  969. <a href="./red_rem.html#red_rem">Relativistic Electromagnetism</a><span class="headline-id">red.rem</span>
  970. </summary>
  971. <ul>
  972. <li>
  973. <a href="./red_rem_mre.html#red_rem_mre">Magnetism as a Relativistic Effect</a><span class="headline-id">red.rem.mre</span>
  974. </li>
  975. <li>
  976. <a href="./red_rem_Ltf.html#red_rem_Ltf">Lorentz Transformation of Electromagnetic Fields</a><span class="headline-id">red.rem.Ltf</span>
  977. </li>
  978. <li>
  979. <a href="./red_rem_Fmunu.html#red_rem_Fmunu">The Field Tensor</a><span class="headline-id">red.rem.Fmunu</span>
  980. </li>
  981. <li>
  982. <a href="./red_rem_Me.html#red_rem_Me">Maxwell's Equations in Relativistic Notation</a><span class="headline-id">red.rem.Me</span>
  983. </li>
  984. </ul>
  985. </details>
  986. </li>
  987. </ul>
  988. </details>
  989. </li>
  990. <li>
  991. <details>
  992. <summary>
  993. <a href="./qed.html#qed">Quantum Electrodynamics</a><span class="headline-id">qed</span>
  994. </summary>
  995. <ul>
  996. <li>
  997. <a href="./qed_L.html#qed_L">Lagrangian</a><span class="headline-id">qed.L</span>
  998. </li>
  999. </ul>
  1000. </details>
  1001. </li>
  1002. <li>
  1003. <details>
  1004. <summary>
  1005. <a href="./d.html#d">Diagnostics</a><span class="headline-id">d</span>
  1006. </summary>
  1007. <ul>
  1008. <li>
  1009. <a href="./d_ems.html#d_ems">Diagnostics: Electromagnetostatics</a><span class="headline-id">d.ems</span>
  1010. </li>
  1011. <li>
  1012. <a href="./d_ems_ca.html#d_ems_ca">Diagnostics: Calculating or Approximating the Electostatic Potential</a><span class="headline-id">d.ems.ca</span>
  1013. </li>
  1014. <li>
  1015. <a href="./d_emsm.html#d_emsm">Diagnostics: Electromagnetostatics in Matter</a><span class="headline-id">d.emsm</span>
  1016. </li>
  1017. <li>
  1018. <a href="./d_ems_ms.html#d_ems_ms">Diagnostics: Magnetostatics</a><span class="headline-id">d.ems.ms</span>
  1019. </li>
  1020. <li>
  1021. <a href="./d_emsm_msm.html#d_emsm_msm">Diagnostics: Magnetostatics in Matter</a><span class="headline-id">d.emsm.msm</span>
  1022. </li>
  1023. <li>
  1024. <a href="./d_emd.html#d_emd">Diagnostics: Electromagnetodynamics</a><span class="headline-id">d.emd</span>
  1025. </li>
  1026. <li>
  1027. <a href="./d_emd_ce.html#d_emd_ce">Diagnostics: Conservation Laws</a><span class="headline-id">d.emd.ce</span>
  1028. </li>
  1029. <li>
  1030. <a href="./d_emd_emw.html#d_emd_emw">Diagnostics: Electromagnetic Waves</a><span class="headline-id">d.emd.emw</span>
  1031. </li>
  1032. <li>
  1033. <a href="./d_emf.html#d_emf">Diagnostics: Potentials, Gauges and Fields</a><span class="headline-id">d.emf</span>
  1034. </li>
  1035. <li>
  1036. <a href="./d_red.html#d_red">Diagnostics: Relativistic Electrodynamics</a><span class="headline-id">d.red</span>
  1037. </li>
  1038. <li>
  1039. <a href="./d_m.html#d_m">Diagnostics: Compendium - Mathematics</a><span class="headline-id">d.m</span>
  1040. </li>
  1041. </ul>
  1042. </details>
  1043. </li>
  1044. <li>
  1045. <details>
  1046. <summary>
  1047. <a href="./a.html#a">Appendices</a><span class="headline-id">a</span>
  1048. </summary>
  1049. <ul>
  1050. <li>
  1051. <a href="./a_l.html#a_l">Literature</a><span class="headline-id">a.l</span>
  1052. </li>
  1053. </ul>
  1054. </details>
  1055. </li>
  1056. <li>
  1057. <details>
  1058. <summary>
  1059. <a href="./c.html#c">Compendium</a><span class="headline-id">c</span>
  1060. </summary>
  1061. <ul>
  1062. <li>
  1063. <details>
  1064. <summary>
  1065. <a href="./c_m.html#c_m">Mathematics</a><span class="headline-id">c.m</span>
  1066. </summary>
  1067. <ul>
  1068. <li>
  1069. <details>
  1070. <summary>
  1071. <a href="./c_m_va.html#c_m_va">Vector Analysis</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.va</span>
  1072. </summary>
  1073. <ul>
  1074. <li>
  1075. <a href="./c_m_va_n.html#c_m_va_n">Notation and algebraic properties</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.va.n</span>
  1076. </li>
  1077. <li>
  1078. <a href="./c_m_va_sp.html#c_m_va_sp">Scalar product</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.va.sp</span>
  1079. </li>
  1080. <li>
  1081. <a href="./c_m_va_cp.html#c_m_va_cp">Cross product</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.va.cp</span>
  1082. </li>
  1083. <li>
  1084. <a href="./c_m_va_tp.html#c_m_va_tp">Triple Products</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.va.tp</span>
  1085. </li>
  1086. <li>
  1087. <a href="./c_m_va_pds.html#c_m_va_pds">Position, Displacement and Separation Vectors</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.va.pds</span>
  1088. </li>
  1089. </ul>
  1090. </details>
  1091. </li>
  1092. <li>
  1093. <details>
  1094. <summary>
  1095. <a href="./c_m_dc.html#c_m_dc">Differential Calculus</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dc</span>
  1096. </summary>
  1097. <ul>
  1098. <li>
  1099. <a href="./c_m_dc_g.html#c_m_dc_g">Gradient</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dc.g</span>
  1100. </li>
  1101. <li>
  1102. <a href="./c_m_dc_del.html#c_m_dc_del">The \({\boldsymbol \nabla}\) Operator</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dc.del</span>
  1103. </li>
  1104. <li>
  1105. <a href="./c_m_dc_div.html#c_m_dc_div">The Divergence</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dc.div</span>
  1106. </li>
  1107. <li>
  1108. <a href="./c_m_dc_curl.html#c_m_dc_curl">The Curl</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dc.curl</span>
  1109. </li>
  1110. <li>
  1111. <a href="./c_m_dc_pr.html#c_m_dc_pr">Product arguments</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dc.pr</span>
  1112. </li>
  1113. <li>
  1114. <a href="./c_m_dc_d2.html#c_m_dc_d2">Second Derivatives</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dc.d2</span>
  1115. </li>
  1116. </ul>
  1117. </details>
  1118. </li>
  1119. <li>
  1120. <details>
  1121. <summary>
  1122. <a href="./c_m_ic.html#c_m_ic">Integral Calculus</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.ic</span>
  1123. </summary>
  1124. <ul>
  1125. <li>
  1126. <a href="./c_m_ic_lsv.html#c_m_ic_lsv">Line, Surface and Volume Integrals</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.ic.lsv</span>
  1127. </li>
  1128. <li>
  1129. <a href="./c_m_ic_ftc.html#c_m_ic_ftc">The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.ic.ftc</span>
  1130. </li>
  1131. <li>
  1132. <a href="./c_m_ic_ftg.html#c_m_ic_ftg">The Fundamental Theorem for Gradients</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.ic.ftg</span>
  1133. </li>
  1134. <li>
  1135. <a href="./c_m_ic_gauss.html#c_m_ic_gauss">Gauss' Theorem</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.ic.gauss</span>
  1136. </li>
  1137. <li>
  1138. <a href="./c_m_ic_stokes.html#c_m_ic_stokes">Stokes' Theorem</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.ic.stokes</span>
  1139. </li>
  1140. <li>
  1141. <a href="./c_m_ic_ip.html#c_m_ic_ip">Integration by Parts</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.ic.ip</span>
  1142. </li>
  1143. </ul>
  1144. </details>
  1145. </li>
  1146. <li>
  1147. <details>
  1148. <summary>
  1149. <a href="./c_m_cs.html#c_m_cs">Coordinate Systems</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.cs</span>
  1150. </summary>
  1151. <ul>
  1152. <li>
  1153. <a href="./c_m_cs_sph.html#c_m_cs_sph">Spherical Coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.cs.sph</span>
  1154. </li>
  1155. <li>
  1156. <a href="./c_m_cs_cyl.html#c_m_cs_cyl">Cylindrical Coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.cs.cyl</span>
  1157. </li>
  1158. <li>
  1159. <a href="./c_m_cs_hyp.html#c_m_cs_hyp">Hyperbolic Coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.cs.hyp</span>
  1160. </li>
  1161. </ul>
  1162. </details>
  1163. </li>
  1164. <li>
  1165. <details>
  1166. <summary>
  1167. <a href="./c_m_dd.html#c_m_dd">Dirac delta Distribution</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dd</span>
  1168. </summary>
  1169. <ul>
  1170. <li>
  1171. <a href="./c_m_dd_div.html#c_m_dd_div">The Divergence of \(\hat{\bf r}/r^2\)</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dd.div</span>
  1172. </li>
  1173. <li>
  1174. <a href="./c_m_dd_1d.html#c_m_dd_1d">The One-Dimensional Dirac Delta Function</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dd.1d</span>
  1175. </li>
  1176. <li>
  1177. <a href="./c_m_dd_3d.html#c_m_dd_3d">The Three-Dimensional Delta Function</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.dd.3d</span>
  1178. </li>
  1179. </ul>
  1180. </details>
  1181. </li>
  1182. <li>
  1183. <details>
  1184. <summary>
  1185. <a href="./c_m_vf.html#c_m_vf">Vector Fields</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.vf</span>
  1186. </summary>
  1187. <ul>
  1188. <li>
  1189. <a href="./c_m_vf_helm.html#c_m_vf_helm">The Helmholtz Theorem</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.vf.helm</span>
  1190. </li>
  1191. <li>
  1192. <a href="./c_m_vf_pot.html#c_m_vf_pot">Potentials</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.vf.pot</span>
  1193. </li>
  1194. </ul>
  1195. </details>
  1196. </li>
  1197. <li>
  1198. <details>
  1199. <summary>
  1200. <a href="./c_m_uf.html#c_m_uf">Useful Formulas</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.uf</span>
  1201. </summary>
  1202. <ul>
  1203. <li>
  1204. <a href="./c_m_uf_cyl.html#c_m_uf_cyl">Cylindrical coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.uf.cyl</span>
  1205. </li>
  1206. <li>
  1207. <a href="./c_m_uf_sph.html#c_m_uf_sph">Spherical coordinates</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.uf.sph</span>
  1208. </li>
  1209. <li>
  1210. <a href="./c_m_uf_vi.html#c_m_uf_vi">Vector identities</a><span class="headline-id">c.m.uf.vi</span>
  1211. </li>
  1212. </ul>
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  1215. </ul>
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  1231. <p>
  1232. <b>Spherical shell: via \({\bf E}\)</b>
  1233. </p>
  1234. <p>
  1235. Consider a spherical shell of radius \(R\) with uniform surface charge density
  1236. and total charge \(q\) (so \(\sigma = q/4\pi R^2\)). The shell is centered at the origin.
  1237. </p>
  1238. <p>
  1239. We want to know the potential throughout space. Starting from the field
  1240. as obtained from applying Gauss's law <a href="./ems_es_ef_Gl.html#Gl_i">Gl_i</a>,
  1241. </p>
  1242. <p>
  1243. \[
  1244. {\bf E} = \frac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} q \frac{\hat{\bf r}}{r^2}, \hspace{5mm} r &gt; R, \hspace{2cm}
  1245. {\bf E} = 0, \hspace{5mm} r &lt; R.
  1246. \]
  1247. </p>
  1248. <p>
  1249. Adopting our usual convention of putting the reference point at infinity,
  1250. and using spherical symmetry, we get:
  1251. </p>
  1252. <ul class="org-ul">
  1253. <li>for \(r &gt; R\):</li>
  1254. </ul>
  1255. <p>
  1256. \[
  1257. \phi(r &gt; R) = -\int_{{\cal O}: \infty}^{\bf r} {\bf E} \cdot d{\bf l} = -\frac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} \int_{\infty}^r q \frac{dr'}{r'^2}
  1258. = \frac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} \frac{q}{r},
  1259. \]
  1260. </p>
  1261. <ul class="org-ul">
  1262. <li>for \(r &lt; R\): the integrand vanishes for the part \(r &lt; R\), and</li>
  1263. </ul>
  1264. <p>
  1265. \[
  1266. \phi(r &lt; R) = \phi(R) = \frac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} \frac{q}{R}.
  1267. \]
  1268. </p>
  1269. </div>
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  1271. <p>
  1272. <b>Spherical shell: direct calculation</b>
  1273. </p>
  1274. <p>
  1275. We can also compute the potential for the uniformly-charged shell using
  1276. a direct integral, starting from <a href="./ems_es_ep_d.html#p_scd">p_scd</a>
  1277. </p>
  1278. <p>
  1279. \[
  1280. \phi({\bf r}) = \frac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} \int da' \frac{\sigma}{|{\bf r} - {\bf r}'|}.
  1281. \]
  1282. </p>
  1283. <p>
  1284. Exploiting spherical symmetry, let us orient \({\bf r}\) along the \(\hat{\bf z}\) axis
  1285. so \({\bf r} = z \hat{\bf z}\). Our integration point \({\bf r}'\) is at position
  1286. \(R \sin \theta' \cos \varphi' \hat{{\bf x}} + R \sin \theta' \sin \varphi' \hat{\bf y} + R\cos \theta' \hat{\bf z}\) so
  1287. </p>
  1288. \begin{equation*}
  1289. |{\bf r} - {\bf r}'|^2 = R^2 \sin^2 \theta' + (R \cos \theta' - z)^2
  1290. = R^2 + z^2 - 2Rz \cos \theta'
  1291. \end{equation*}
  1292. <p>
  1293. Using the element of surface area (in spherical coordinates)
  1294. \(R^2 \sin \theta' d\theta' d\varphi'\), so
  1295. </p>
  1296. \begin{align}
  1297. 4\pi \varepsilon_0 \phi(z) &amp;= \sigma \int_0^{\pi} d\theta' \int_0^{2\pi} d\varphi' \frac{R^2 \sin \theta'}{\sqrt{R^2 + z^2 - 2Rz \cos \theta'}} \nonumber \\
  1298. &amp;= 2\pi R^2 \sigma \int_0^{\pi} d\theta' \frac{\sin \theta'}{\sqrt{R^2 + z^2 - 2Rz \cos \theta'}} \nonumber \\
  1299. &amp;= 2\pi R^2 \sigma \left. \left( \frac{\sqrt{R^2 + z^2 - 2Rz \cos \theta'}}{Rz} \right)\right|_0^{\pi} \nonumber \\
  1300. &amp;= \frac{2\pi R\sigma}{z} \left(\sqrt{R^2 + z^2 + 2Rz} - \sqrt{R^2 + z^2 - 2Rz} \right) \nonumber \\
  1301. &amp;= \frac{2\pi R \sigma}{z} \left( \sqrt{(R + z)^2} - \sqrt{(R - z)^2} \right).
  1302. \end{align}
  1303. <p>
  1304. We must obviously choose the positive root \(\sqrt{(R + z)^2} = R+z\) and thus
  1305. </p>
  1306. \begin{align}
  1307. \phi(z) = \frac{R\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0 z} ((R+z) - (z-R)) = \frac{R^2 \sigma}{\varepsilon_0 z}, \hspace{1cm} \mbox{outside}, \nonumber \\
  1308. \phi(z) = \frac{R\sigma}{2\varepsilon_0 z} ((R+z) - (R-z)) = \frac{R \sigma}{\varepsilon_0}, \hspace{1cm} \mbox{inside}.
  1309. \end{align}
  1310. <p>
  1311. In terms of total charge on the shell, \(q = 4\pi R^2 \sigma\),
  1312. we thus obtain
  1313. \(\phi(z) = \frac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} \frac{q}{z}\) outside,
  1314. and \(\phi(z) = \frac{1}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} \frac{q}{R}\) inside which indeed
  1315. correspond to our previous solution via \({\bf E}\).
  1316. </p>
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  1334. <p class="author">Author: Jean-Sébastien Caux</p>
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