4. CHAPTER 1: CHARGE AND MATTER
โข Brief History:
โข Science of origin of electricity: Thales of Miletus
(600 B.C.) observed rubbed piece of amber
attracted bits of straw.
5. โข Magnetism:Roughly 4,000 years ago, a Greek
shepherd named Magnes is said to have been
tending his sheep in a region of northern Greece
called Magnesia. He took a step and suddenly found
that the nails that held his shoe together and the
metal tip of his staff were stuck fast to the rock he
was standing on!
6. โข Hans Oersted (1777 โ 1851):
โข Observed connection between electricity and magnetism.
โข Observation: Electric current in a wire can affect a magnetic compass
needle.
7. โข Faraday (1791 โ 1867):
โข Contribution to the study of electromagnetism.
โข James Clark Maxwell (1831 โ 1879):
โข Formulation of classical theory of electromagnetism.
โข Unifying electricity, magnetism, light.
8. Electric Charge:
โข Existence of two kinds of charge:
โข First: Glass Rod rubbed with Silk cloth.
โข Two glass rods repel each other when both are rubbed with silk cloth and
brought close to each other.
9. โข Second kind:
โข Hard rubber rod rubbed with fur.
โข Two rubber rods repel each other when rubbed with fur and brought close to
each other.
10. Fig a: Attraction between glass rod Fig b: Repulsion between two
and rubber rod. rubber rods.
11. โข Benjamin Franklin (1706 โ 1790):
โข First American physicist.
โข named the kind of electricity that appears on:
โข Glass as positive.
โข Hard rubber as negative.
14. Coulombโs Law:
โข Charles Augustin de Coulomb (1736 โ 1806):
โข First measured electrical attractions and repulsions
quantitatively.
โข Deduced the law.
โข โaโ and โbโ are charged.
โข Electric force on a will twist the suspension fiber.
โข Coulomb cancelled out this effect by turning the suspension
head through small angle ๐ needed to keep the two charges at a
particular distance.
โข Angle ๐ relative measure of electric force acting on charge a.
16. โข Coulombโs First Experimental Results can be represented as:
F โ
1
๐2
F magnitude of force acting between the two charges โaโ and โbโ.
๐ distance between the two charges.
โข Coulomb also studied:
โข variation of electrical force with the relative size of the charges on the sphere.
17. โข Coulomb law relation between force, charge and the distance between the two
charges:
F โ
๐1๐2
๐2
18. Unit and Definition of Charge:
โข If ends of a long wire are connected to the terminals of a battery:
โข Current ๐ is set up in the wire.
โข Flow of current can be visualized as flow of charge.
โข Definition: A coulomb is defined as the amount of charge that flows
through a given cross โ section of a wire in 1 second if there is a
steady current of 1 ampere in the wire.
Q = it
โข Example: a wire connected to an insulated metal sphere, a charge
of 10โ6 can be put on the sphere if a current of 1 amp exists in the
wire for 10โ6 sec.
19. Force exerted by a charge on remaining charges: [presence of more
than two charge]
โข ๐1, ๐2, ๐3, ๐4, โฆโฆgiven distribution of charges.
โข Force exerted on any one (say ๐1) by all others in vector form is given by:
โข where ๐น12 is force exerted on charge ๐1 by ๐2.
20. Problem:
โข Example: Figure shows three charges ๐1, ๐2, ๐3. What force acts on ๐1?
โข Assume that ๐1 = -1.0 X 10โ6 cou, ๐2 = +3.0 X 10โ6 cou, ๐3 = -2.0 X 10โ6 cou,
and b= ๐12 = 15 cm and a= ๐13 = 10 cm and ๐ = 300.
22. Quantization of Charge:
โข Charge not a โcontinuous fluidโ.
โข Experiment shows that the โelectric fluidโ is not continuous.
โข Made up of a certain minimum electric charge. (quantized)
โข Fundamental charge: Symbol: e (magnitude 1.602 X 10โ19
)
โข Any positive or negative charge can be detected as:
q = neโฆโฆโฆโฆ n = ยฑ1, ยฑ2, ยฑ3,โฆโฆ
23. Charge and Matter:
โข Composition of Matter:
โข Made up of elementary particles.
Matter
Proton Neutron Electron
24. Conservation of charge:
โข Hypothesis (Conversation of charge)
โข Glass rod rubbed with silk cloth develops positive charge.
โข Observation from experiment: Measurement shows that a
negative charge of equal magnitude appears on the silk
cloth.
โข Conclusion:
โข Rubbing does not create charge.
โข Disturbs the electrical neutrality of each.
โข Conservation of charge is satisfied.
25. โข Example 1:
โข Pair annihilation of positron and electron.
โข Charge on electron = -e and positron = +e
โข Two particles disappear converting all mass into energy.
(emission of two oppositely directed gamma rays)
โข Net charge before and after the event = 0.
26. โข Example 2:
โข Radioactive decay of Uranium โ 238.
โข Atomic number (Z) before the decay: 92 (Uranium)
โข After the decay: 90 + 2 (Thorium + Alpha particle)
โข Amount of charge before and after the disintegration
= + 92e.
27. CHAPTER 2: THE ELECTRIC FIELD
โข Examples of Vector field:
โข Gravitational field strength:
โข Every point in space near the earth has associated with itself a
gravitational field strength g.
โข g gravitational acceleration experienced by a test body at
that point.
โข For a body of mass m if F gravitational force acting on it, g is
given by:
g = ๐น
๐
28. โข Near the surface of the earth the field lines are almost parallel.
โข Field is uniform.
30. โข Electric Field:
โข Space surrounding a charged rod is affected by the presence of the rod.
โข We speak of an electric field in this space.
31. โข Central concepts in Classical Theory of Electromagnetism:
Classical
Electromagnetism
Electric Field
Magnetic field
32. โข How interaction between two charges can be visualized???
โข We prefer to think in terms of electric fields as follows:
1) Charge ๐1 sets up an electric field in the space around
itself.
2) The field acts on the charge ๐2 (shows up in the force
that ๐2 experiences)
3) Field plays an intermediary role in forces between the
charges.
33. โข Two class of problems exist:
1) Calculating the fields that are set up by given distributions of charge, and
2) Calculating the forces that given fields will exert on charges placed in them.
โข We think of:
charge โ field
34. Electric Field Strength:
โข Defining electric field operationally:
โข We place a test charge ๐0 at a point in space to be
examined.
โข Electric field strength at the point:
E =
๐น
๐1
โข Direction of ๐ธ:
โข Direction of ๐ธ is the direction of force.
โข Direction in which a resting positive charge placed at the
point would tend to move.
35. Lines of Force:
โข Lines of force form a convenient way of visualizing
electric โ field patterns.
โข Relationship between the (imaginary) lines of force
and the electric field strength:
1) The tangent to a line of force at any point gives the
direction of ๐ธ at that point.
36. 2) The lines of force are drawn so that
the number of lines per unit cross โ
sectional area is proportional to the
magnitude of ๐ธ.
3) ๐ธ is large where the lines of force are
close together and its value is small in
the region of widely spaced lines.
37. โข Example 1:
โข Lines of force for a section of an infinitely large sheet of positive charge.
38. โข Example 2:
โข Lines of force for a negatively charged sphere and positively charged sphere.
41. โข Figure: patterns of electric lines of force around a) charged plate b) two rods with equal
and opposite charge.
โข Patterns made by suspending grass seed in an insulating liquid.
42. Calculation of ๐ธ:
โข Let a test charge ๐0 be placed a distance ๐ from a point charge ๐.
โข Magnitude of force acting on ๐0(given by Coulombโs law:
F =
1
4๐๐0
๐๐0
๐2
โข Electric field strength at the site of the test charge:
E =
๐น
๐0
=
1
4๐๐0
๐
๐2
โข NOTE:
โข Direction of ๐ธ is on a radial line from ๐,
โข pointing outward if ๐ is positive.
โข pointing inward if ๐ is negative.
43. โข To find ๐ธ for a group of point charges:
1) Calculate ๐ธ๐ due to each charge at the given point
as if it were the only charge present.
2) Add these separately calculated fields vectorially to
find the resultant field ๐ธ at the point.
3) Mathematically:
๐ธ = ๐ธ1 + ๐ธ2+ ๐ธ3 + โฆโฆ = ๐ธ๐
๐ = 1,2,3, โฆ โฆ
44. โข Calculating E for continuous charge distribution:
โข Field the charge sets up at any point P can be computed by
dividing the charge into infinitesimal elements ๐๐.
โข Field due to each element at the point in question is
calculated by treating the elements as point charges.
โข Magnitude of ๐๐ธ:
๐๐ธ =
1
4๐๐0
๐๐
๐2
where ๐ is the distance from the charge element ๐๐ to the
point P.
45. โข The resultant field at P can be found by adding ( i.e. integrating) the field
contributions due to all the charge elements:
E = ๐๐ธ
48. CHAPTER 3: GAUSSโS LAW
โข Flux of the Electric Field:
โข Flux (ฮฆ):
โข Property of any vector field.
โข Refers to a hypothetical surface in the field.
โข Surface may be closed or open.
โข For a flow field: flux is measure of the number of streamlines that cut through
a surface.
50. โข Defining ฮฆ๐ธ precisely:
โข Figure shows an arbitrary closed surface immersed in an
electric field.
โข Surface divided into elementary squares ฮ๐ or ฮA [small
enough to be considered as a plane]
โข Such can area element can be represented as a vector ฮ๐บ
[magnitude ฮ๐].
โข Direction of ฮ๐:
โข Outward โ drawn normal to the surface.
โข At every square, we can construct an electric field vector E [ E
is constant if the area element is arbitrarily small]
51. โข Vectors E and ฮ๐ make an angle ๐ with each other.
โข Semi โ quantitative definition of flux:
ฮฆ๐ธ โ E . ฮ๐
โข Exact definition of electric flux is in differential limit of above equation:
[Replacing the sum over the surface by integral over the surface]:
ฮฆ๐ธ = E. ๐๐
52. โข Example:
1) If E is everywhere outward; ๐ < 900; E.ฮ๐
is positive (ฮฆ๐ธ is positive for the entire
surface).
2) If E is everywhere inward; ๐ > 900
; E.ฮ๐ is
negative (ฮฆ๐ธ is negative for the entire
surface).
53. Problem: Figure shows a hypothetical cylinder of radius R immersed in an electric
field E, the cylinder axis being parallel to the field. What is ฮฆ๐ธ for this closed
surface??
โข Figure:
54. Gaussโs Law:
โข Gaussโs Law:
โข Refers to any closed hypothetical surface. [Gaussian
Surface]
โข Connects ฮฆ๐ธ for the surface and the net charge q
enclosed by the surface.
๐0ฮฆ๐ธ = q
๐0 ๐ธ . ๐๐ = q
q is the net charge enclosed by the surface. [taking
into account the algebraic sum]
55. โข IMPORTANT NOTE:
1) If a surface encloses equal and opposite charges, flux ฮฆ๐ธ is zero.
2) Charge outside the surface makes no contribution to the value of q.
3) Exact location of the inside charges does not effect the value of q.
โข APPLICATION:
โข Used to evaluate E if charge distribution is symmetric.(by proper choice of the
gaussian surface the integral can be easily evaluated.
โข If the electric field E is known for all points on a given closed surface, Gaussโs
law can be used to compute the charge inside.
56. APPLICATION OF GAUSS LAW TO CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS WITH
SPHERICAL, CYLINDRICAL AND PLANAR SYMMETRIES:
57. Problem: Computation of electric field E at a distance r from the line of an
infinite rod of charge[linear charge density ๐ = q/h, charge per unit length]
โข From Gauss Law:
๐0 ๐ธ . ๐๐ = q
๐S = 2๐๐โ , q = ๐โ, ๐ = 00
E =
๐
2๐๐0๐
58. Problem: Computation of E at a distance r in front of the plane.[A sheet of charge
having surface charge density ๐ = q/A, charge per unit area]
โข From Gauss Law:
๐0 ๐ธ . ๐๐ = q
E =
๐
2๐0
63. CHAPTER 4: LAPLACE and POISSONโS
EQUATION, FIRST UNIQUENESS THEOREM.
โข NEED FOR Poissonโs and Laplace Equation:
โข Primary task in electrostatics:
โข To compute the electric field of a given stationary charge distribution given by
the equation:
๐ธ(๐) =
1
4๐๐0
๐
๐2 ๐ ๐โฒ ๐๐โฒ
โข Integrals of the type given above are difficult to calculate.
โข Gauss Law can be applied only for charge distributions having symmetry.
64. โข A simplified approach to find electric field:
โข Calculating the potential:
V(๐) =
1
4๐๐0
1
๐
๐ ๐โฒ ๐๐โฒ
โข Evaluating the integral is again a cumbersome task!!!!!!
โข In problems involving conductors ๐ is not known in advance.
โข Charges in a conductor are free to move, we can control the total charge of the
conductor.
65. โข Poissonโs Equation:
โข Electric field can be written as a gradient of a scalar function:
E = - โ๐
โข Taking divergence of above equation:
โ. E = โ2
V = -
๐
๐0
โ2
V = -
๐
๐0
-------------------[1]
โข Equation [1] is known as Poissonโs Equation.
66. โข Laplace Equation:
โข In regions where there is no charge, ๐ = 0 (Poissonโs equation becomes Laplace
Equation given by:
โ2
V = 0 ------[Laplace Equation]----[2]
68. Poissonโs Equation:[โ2
V = -
๐
๐0
]
โข Example: Uniformly charged sphere.
โข We choose spherical co-ordinates system.
โข Since distribution of charge is uniform, Potential (V):
๏Independent of ๐ and ๐.
๏Dependent only on the radial distance ๐.
โข To find the potential within the sphere. [๐ = constant]
69. โข Solution:
โข To find potential within the sphere at a certain distance ๐ we use:
โข Poissonโs Equation:
โ2V = -
๐
๐0
โข Laplacian operator in spherical co-ordinates:
70. โข Since potential V is a function of ๐. [i.e.๐ = ๐(๐)]:
โข Differentiation of ๐ and ๐ term in Laplacian operator vanishes.
1
๐2
๐
๐๐
๐2 ๐๐
๐๐
= -
๐
๐0
1
๐2
๐
๐๐
๐2 ๐๐
๐๐
= -
๐
๐0
โข Rearranging and integrating:
๐ ๐2 ๐๐
๐๐
= โ
๐
๐0
๐2
๐๐
๐2 ๐๐
๐๐
= -
๐๐3
3๐0
+ ๐ถ1
71. ๐๐
๐๐
= -
๐๐
3๐0
+
๐ถ1
๐2
โข Integrating:
๐ = -
๐๐2
6๐0
-
๐ถ1
๐
+ ๐ถ2
โข Verifying the constants ๐ถ1 and ๐ถ2:
โข ๐ถ1= 0 [since the point ๐ = 0 is included in the given region], potential will be
infinite. (๐ = โ)
โข At the surface ๐ = R, the potential ๐ = ๐0
๐0 = -
๐๐ 2
6๐0
+ ๐ถ2
73. Problems (Electric Potential):
โข Problem 1:
โข What is the potential at the centre of the square in the figure given below?
Assume that ๐1 = +1.0 X 10โ8๐๐๐ข๐, ๐2 = -2.0 X 10โ8๐๐๐ข๐, ๐3 = +3.0 X 10โ8๐๐๐ข๐ ๐4
= +2.0 X 10โ8๐๐๐ข๐ and ๐ = 1.0 meter.
75. โข Problem 2:
โข What is the electric potential at the surface of a gold nucleus? The radius is 6.6
X 10โ15 meter and atomic number Z = 79.
โข Solution:
V =
1
4๐๐0
๐
๐
Answer: 1.7 X 107 volts.
76. Potential due to a charged disk:
โข Problem 3:
โข A charged disk. Find the electric potential for points on the axis of a uniformly
charged circular disk whose surface charge density is ๐.
78. Laplace Equation:[โ2V = 0]
โข Laplace Equation holds good in a charge free region.
โข Example:
โข V = ๐0 at z = L
โข Z - axis
โข V = 0 at z = 0
79. โข Infinite plane.
โข Problem: To find the potential in volume between the two planes????
โข Solution:
โข Potential varies along z โ direction.
โข Potential remains constant in the xy plane.
V(x,y,z) = V(z)
81. โข Integrating:
๐๐
๐๐ง
= ๐ถ1
โข Integrating again:
V = ๐ถ1๐ง + ๐ถ2 -------------[1]
โข Using the boundary condition in equation [1]: (V = 0 at z = 0)
๐ถ2 = 0 V = ๐ถ1๐ง --------[2]
โข From the second boundary condition:(V = ๐0 at z = L)
๐ถ1 =
๐0
๐ฟ
83. IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS:
๏ฑSolutions of the Laplace equation doesnโt give maxima or minima in the interior
of the region as seen from the graph (i.e. within the region between the
boundary)
84. ๏ฑExtreme values of V occur at the boundary.
Maximum value of V = = ๐0 at z = L
Minimum value of V = 0 at z = 0
85. ๏ฑAverage of the function at the boundaries is equal to the value at the centre.
๏ฑV (at L/2)
86. ๏ฑPrevious rule can be generalized:
V(x) is the average of V(x+a) and V(x-a), for any a:
V(x) =
1
2
[V(x+a) + V(x-a)]
87. Laplaceโs Equation in 3 โ Dimension:
โข The value of V at point r is the average value V over a spherical surface of
radius R centered at r:
๐ ๐ =
1
4๐๐ 2 ๐๐๐
โข V can have no maxima or minima
โข Extreme values of V must occur at the boundaries.
88. โข Example:
โข Problem:
โข Calculating the average potential over a spherical surface of radius R due to a single point
charge q located outside the sphere??
โข Solution:
โข Centre the sphere at the origin.
โข Choose coordinates such that q lies on the z โ axis.
90. V =
1
4๐๐0
๐
๐
where ๐2= ๐ง2 + ๐ 2 โ 2๐ ๐ง cos ๐
๐
๐๐ฃ๐ =
๐
4๐๐0
1
4๐๐ 2 [๐ง2
+๐ 2
โ 2๐ ๐ง cos ๐]โ1 2
๐ 2
sin ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐
โข On integrating:
๐
๐๐ฃ๐ =
1
4๐๐0
๐
๐ง
โข Above equation is precisely potential due to ๐ at the centre of the sphere.
โข Conclusion: The average potential over the sphere is equal to the net potential
at the centre.
91. โข Summary:
โข To calculate the potential due to a charge ๐ at a point, we have:
๐
๐๐ฃ๐ =
๐๐๐
๐๐
= ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐
point charge spherical surface (charge free region)
92. โข V cannot be maximum or minimum at any point in the interior region.
โข Maxima or minima will occur only at the surface or boundary. (Contradicting in the example
below)
โข If Maximum value (V must be less on all points on the surface of the enclosed region)
93. First Uniqueness Theorem:
โข Statement: The solution to Laplaceโs equation in some volume ๐ฑ is uniquely
determined if V is specified on the boundary surface ๐ฎ.
1) If the potential is defined throughout the surface - and also,
2) If the region satisfies the Laplace equation [โ2
V = 0], then โ
3) there can be only one unique potential (V)
94. โข Different possible paths between two points:
1) Straight Line.
2) Semi โ circle.
3) Random Path.
4) Parabola.
95. โข If
๐2๐
๐๐ฅ2 = 0 condition is imposed, then the only allowed solution is straight line.
โข Proof: [First Uniqueness Theorem]
โข Let ๐1(๐) and ๐2(๐) be the solution of the Laplace equation.
โข Implies Laplace equation is valid for the above two potential.
โข โ2๐1(๐) = 0 and โ2๐2(๐) = 0 ------------------ [1]
โข ๐1๐ (๐) = ๐
๐ (๐) (Value of potential at the surface) --------------[2]
โข ๐2๐ (๐) = ๐
๐ (๐) (Value of potential at the surface) --------------[3]
96. โข Considering the difference of ๐1(๐) and ๐2(๐):
๐3(๐) = ๐1(๐) - ๐2(๐)
๐3๐ (๐) = ๐1๐ (๐) - ๐2๐ (๐)
โ2
๐3 = โ2
๐1 - โ2
๐2
โข From equation [1]:
โ2๐3 = 0 Solution to the Laplaceโs Equation
โข ๐3๐ (๐) = ๐1๐ (๐) - ๐2๐ (๐) = 0 ------------[from 2]
97. Potential ๐3 is zero on the surface. (๐3๐ (๐) = 0)
๐3 cannot be maximum or minimum inside the region.
๐3(r) = 0 everywhere.
๐3(๐) = ๐1(๐) - ๐2(๐) = 0
๐1(๐) = ๐2(๐) ๐3(r) = 0 ๐3๐ (๐) = 0