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    This document describes the electric field created by a thin ring of charge. It shows the calculation of the electric field from the ring at a point P that is on the central axis of the ring at a distance z from the center of the ring. The calculation results in an expression for the electric field that is a function of the ring's charge Q, radius a, and the distance z. For large distances z from the ring where z is much greater than the ring's radius a, the electric field simplifies to that of a point charge located at the origin.

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    This document describes the electric field created by a thin ring of charge. It shows the calculation of the electric field from the ring at a point P that is on the central axis of the ring at a distance z from the center of the ring. The calculation results in an expression for the electric field that is a function of the ring's charge Q, radius a, and the distance z. For large distances z from the ring where z is much greater than the ring's radius a, the electric field simplifies to that of a point charge located at the origin.

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    2 A Ring of Charge

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    This document describes the electric field created by a thin ring of charge. It shows the calculation of the electric field from the ring at a point P that is on the central axis of the ring at a distance z from the center of the ring. The calculation results in an expression for the electric field that is a function of the ring's charge Q, radius a, and the distance z. For large distances z from the ring where z is much greater than the ring's radius a, the electric field simplifies to that of a point charge located at the origin.

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    A thin ring of charge.


    1 Q
    r r
    1
    ad 2
    4 o
    2 a
    r r r r

    R

    1 Q
    r r
    1
    =
    ad
    4 o 2 a
    r r a2 + z 2

    dE P =

    P ( 0,0, z )

    r r

    ar
    a
    x

    r
    r

    1 Q
    ar + zz
    1
    =
    ad
    2
    2
    4 o 2 a
    a2 + z 2 a + z

    ad

    dE P =

    P ( 0,0, z )

    1 Q
    z
    1
    dE P = z
    ad
    2
    2
    4 o 2 a
    a2 + z 2 a + z

    ar
    a
    x


    r r
    r
    r

    1 Q
    ar + zz
    1
    ad
    2
    2
    2
    2
    4 o 2 a
    a
    +
    z
    a +z

    ad

    )
    )


    1 Q
    E P = z
    4 o 2

    = z

    P ( 0,0, z )

    ar
    a
    x

    Q
    = z
    4 o


    r r
    r
    r

    1 Q
    4 o 2

    ad

    a +z
    2

    +z

    a2 + z

    3
    2 2

    a2 + z 2

    (a

    3
    2 2 0

    Q 1
    z
    2
    4

    z
    za
    o

    For large z (z >>a), the ring


    charge looks like a point
    charge at the origin.

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