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184_notes:line_fields [2019/01/04 00:52] dmcpadden184_notes:line_fields [2021/02/13 18:58] (current) – [Building Electric Field for Lines of Charge] bartonmo
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 Sections 15.1-15.2 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition) Sections 15.1-15.2 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition)
  
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-[[184_notes:comp_super|Previous Page: Superposition and the Computer]]+[[184_notes:comp_super|Previous Page: Superposition and the Computer]]*/
  
 ===== Electric Field and Potential for Lines of Charge ===== ===== Electric Field and Potential for Lines of Charge =====
-[[184_projects:s18_project_3|In your project last week]], you modeled a line of charge as seven point charges and used [[184_notes:superposition|superposition]] in your code to show what the electric field would look like around the line of chargeThe notes this week will show how we can do a similar process for a line of charge analytically (using ideas from calculus) rather than using code. We will also talk about how these ideas ideas extend to large distributions of charge (including 2D sheets of charge and 3D volumes of charge). This page of notes will start by focusing on how we conceptually think of the electric field or electric potential for a line of charge (and we will go into the mathematical details in the next few pages).+In the previous notes, we talked about how to add fields using [[184_notes:superposition|superposition]], which can be greatly aided by the [[184_notes:comp_super|use of a computer]] (especially if there are many charges)We can also do a similar process for a line of charge analytically (using ideas from calculus) rather than using code. We will also talk about how these ideas ideas extend to large distributions of charge (including 2D sheets of charge and 3D volumes of charge). This page of notes will start by focusing on how we conceptually think of the electric field or electric potential for a line of charge (and we will go into the mathematical details in the next few pages).
  
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 [{{  184_notes:dqandr.png?300|$dQ$ and $r$ for point P from a little bit charge along the line of tape}}] [{{  184_notes:dqandr.png?300|$dQ$ and $r$ for point P from a little bit charge along the line of tape}}]
  
-However, to make the best model of this line of charge, we would need to split the line into extremely small pieces of charge or infinitesimally small pieces of charge, which in calculus notation, we would write as dQ. We can then find the electric field at Point A due to only that small piece of charge - this would be "a little bit of electric field" since it comes from "a little bit of charge", so we would write this as dE. Now if we have an extremely small piece of a line of charge, this **__DOES__** look exactly like a point of charge. We know how to handle points of charge. [[184_notes:pc_efield|Using the equation for electric field of a point charge]], we can say that the little bit of electric field that comes from our little bit of charge would be:+However, to make the best model of this line of charge, we would need to split the line into extremely small pieces of charge or infinitesimally small pieces of charge, which in calculus notation, we would write as dQ. We can then find the electric field at Point A due to only that small piece of charge - this would be "a little bit of electric field" since it comes from "a little bit of charge", so we would write this as dE.// Now if we have an extremely small piece of a line of charge, this DOES look exactly like a point of charge.// We know how to handle points of charge. [[184_notes:pc_efield|Using the equation for electric field of a point charge]], we can say that the little bit of electric field that comes from our little bit of charge would be:
 $$\vec{dE}=\frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{dQ}{r^2}\hat{r}=\frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{dQ}{r^3}\vec{r}$$   $$\vec{dE}=\frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{dQ}{r^2}\hat{r}=\frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{dQ}{r^3}\vec{r}$$  
  
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