Article
Results for the electrostatic potential of a uniformly charged hemispherical surface
Chemistry & Physics Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2021
Abstract
We study the form of the electrostatic potential created by a hemispherical surface with uniform surface charge density. We specifically consider a “northern” hemispherical surface and try to obtain analytical expressions for the electrostatic potential at an arbitrary point in space. Some compact analytical results are obtained for special cases and an interesting mathematical integral formula is derived as a by-product of the approach. The results suggest that a general expression for the electrostatic potential at an arbitrary point in space, if possible, would be very hard to obtain in compact analytical form.
Citation Information
Brent Ciftja, Cal Colbert-Pollack, Orion Ciftja and Lindsey Littlejohn. "Results for the electrostatic potential of a uniformly charged hemispherical surface" (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/orion-ciftja/19/