Paper 3, Section II, A
Part IB, 2009
Two long thin concentric perfectly conducting cylindrical shells of radii and are connected together at one end by a resistor of resistance , and at the other by a battery that establishes a potential difference . Thus, a current flows in opposite directions along each of the cylinders.
(a) Using Ampère's law, find the magnetic field in between the cylinders.
(b) Using Gauss's law and the integral relationship between the potential and the electric field, or otherwise, show that the charge per unit length on the inner cylinder is
and also calculate the radial electric field.
(c) Calculate the Poynting vector and by suitable integration verify that the power delivered by the system is .