Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321740904
ISBN 13: 978-0-32174-090-8

Chapter 29 - Potential and Field - Exercises and Problems - Page 864: 39

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The on-axis potential of a charged disk is given by $$V=\dfrac{Q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 R^2}\left[ \sqrt{R^2+z^2}-z\right]\tag 1$$ And we know that the electric field is given by $$E=-\dfrac{dV}{dz}$$ Plug from (1), $$E=-\dfrac{d }{dz}\left( \dfrac{Q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 R^2}\left[ \sqrt{R^2+z^2}-z\right]\right)$$ $$E=-\dfrac{Q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 R^2}\dfrac{d }{dz} \left[ (R^2+z^2)^\frac{1}{2}-z\right] $$ $$E=-\dfrac{Q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 R^2} \left[ \frac{1}{2} (2z) (R^2+z^2)^\frac{-1}{2}-1\right] $$ $$E=-\dfrac{Q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 R^2} \left[ \dfrac{z} {\sqrt{R^2+z^2}}-1\right] $$ $$\boxed{\vec E= \dfrac{Q}{2\pi \epsilon_0 R^2} \left[1- \dfrac{z} {\sqrt{R^2+z^2}} \right] \;\hat k}$$
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