Paper 3, Section II, C
Part IB, 2018
Use Maxwell's equations to show that
where is a bounded region, its boundary and its outward-pointing normal. Give an interpretation for each of the terms in this equation.
A certain capacitor consists of two conducting, circular discs, each of large area , separated by a small distance along their common axis. Initially, the plates carry charges and . At time the plates are connected by a resistive wire, causing the charge on the plates to decay slowly as for some constant . Construct the Poynting vector and show that energy flows radially out of the capacitor as it discharges.