Coulomb's Law and Electric Field
Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution
A wire of length
L carries a uniformly distributed charge
Q. Determine the electric field
vector at a point
P of the line that contains the wire,
x>
L, is the coordinate of
the outer point to the wire;
A charge Q is uniformly distributed along a straight wire of length L. Determine the
electric field vector at the points to a distance from the wire along the perpendicular bisector to the
wire.
A charge Q is uniformly distributed along an infinite wire. Determine the electric field vector
at the points to a distance from the wire along the perpendicular to the wire.
Electric Dipole
Determine the electric field vector of a dipole at the points located on the perpendicular bisector of the
dipole. Check the answer for points far from the center of the dipole.
Determine the electric field vector of a dipole at the points along the straight line joining the two
charges on the dipole. Check the solution for the points far away from the center of the dipole.
Determine the torque that acts on an electric dipole in a uniform electric field and determine the
potential energy of this dipole.