Image Charge Forces Inside Conducting Boundaries
Abstract
Evaluation of the force on a charge particle due to the surface charge distributions it induces in nearby conductors is generally a challenging problem. We show these forces can be evaluated explicitly and fairly simply in a number of elementary, but important cases.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADP012553
Entities
People
- Mark D. Tinkle
- S. E. Barlow