Paper 2, Section I, A

Electromagnetism
Part IB, 2009

For a volume VV with surface SS, state Gauss's Law relating the flux of E\mathbf{E} across SS to the total charge within VV.

A uniformly charged sphere of radius RR has total charge QQ.

(a) Find the electric field inside the sphere.

(b) Using the differential relation dF=Edqd \mathbf{F}=\mathbf{E} d q between the force dFd \mathbf{F} on a small charge dqd q in an electric field E\mathbf{E}, find the force on the top half of the sphere due to its bottom half. Express your answer in terms of RR and QQ.