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Conductors and Dielectrics in an Electric Field

Problem 3.91

A point charge qq is located on the plane dividing vacuum and infinite uniform isotropic dielectric with permittivity ε.\varepsilon . Find the moduli of the vectors DD and EE as well as the potential φ\varphi as functions of distance rr from the charge qq.

Reveal Answer
 3.91. D={q/2π(1+ε)r2 in vacuum, εq/2π(1+ε)r2 in dielectric; E=q/2πε0(1+ε)r2φ=q/2πε0(1+ε)r} both in vacuum and in dielectric. \begin{aligned} &\text { 3.91. } D=\left\{\begin{array}{l} q / 2 \pi(1+\varepsilon) r^{2} \text { in vacuum, } \\ \varepsilon q / 2 \pi(1+\varepsilon) r^{2} \text { in dielectric; } \end{array}\right.\\ &\left.\begin{array}{l} E=q / 2 \pi \varepsilon_{0}(1+\varepsilon) r^{2} \\ \varphi=q / 2 \pi \varepsilon_{0}(1+\varepsilon) r \end{array}\right\} \text { both in vacuum and in dielectric. } \end{aligned}