Static Fields: Fall-2025
HW 05 Practice: Due W3 D3

  1. Potential from a Finite Disk

    In this problem, in all cases, you are expected to evaluate any integrals in your answers.

    1. Starting with the integral expression for the electrostatic potential due to a ring of charge, find the value of the potential everywhere along the axis of symmetry.
    2. Find the electrostatic potential everywhere along the axis of symmetry due to a finite disk of charge with uniform (surface) charge density \(\sigma\).
    3. Find two nonzero terms in a series expansion of your answer to part (b) for the value of the potential very far away from the disk. [Your final answer should have 2 non-zero terms]