Physics 741 Homework 1 Fall 2013 Due Thursday, Sept.

26, 2013 Work Problems 1 and 2 by yourselves (use only Jackson or class notes) UVa Honor Code Pledge _____________________________________ Work Problems 3 and 4 with other classmates if you wish.
1. Suppose instead of the Coulomb force, it was found that the force between any two charges q1 and q2 was
1) & 2 1 $ % r ( ) + ! q1q2 ( ' * F= r 2 4 "#0 r

a) What is the electric field due to one of the charges? b) Choose a closed ! path around this charge and calculate the line integral of the E field around this path. Compare to the result that you would have gotten using the Coulomb law. c) Find the surface integral of the E field over a spherical surface of radius r1 with the charge at the center of the sphere. Compare with the Coulomb result. d) Repeat c) at a !radius ! r1 + ! where ! is small. Use this result to calculate the " E . You will want to use Gausss divergence theorem. 2. What is the force on a charge placed a distance r from the center of an uncharged,! insulated, conducting sphere of radius a?

3. A point charge q is placed at a distance d from an infinite conducting plane which has a half hemisphere bump of radius a directly opposite q. With what force is q attracted(?) or repelled(?) by the plane plus hemisphere? 4. For a screened potential
!( r ) = q e" r 4!" 0 r

a) Find the electric field b) Find the charge distribution that produces the potential c) Show that Gausss law is satisfied by your answers to parts a and b (use a spherical Gaussian surface and be careful about the origin.