Undergrad Dipole above infnite conductor

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The discussion revolves around the analysis of an electric dipole positioned at a distance from an infinite conductor. The user derived the electric potential and electric field equations but initially included an erroneous factor of two in their calculations. After realizing the mistake, they expressed uncertainty about the resulting charge distribution's radial symmetry. Other participants noted the error and clarified that forum policy does not allow for thread deletions unless rules are violated. The user ultimately confirmed they resolved their confusion regarding the calculations.
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An electric dipole p with arbitrary direction and is at distance a from plane infinite conductor at z=0.
Using the image of the dipole
##p=(2pcos\theta \hat{z}+psin\theta \hat{x}##
##p'=(2p'cos\theta \hat{z}-p'sin\theta \hat{x}##
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Using the following:##V=\frac{\vec{p'}.\hat{r}}{4\pi\epsilon_0{r}^2}##, i get ## V=\frac{p'(2cos\theta-sin\theta)}{4\pi\epsilon_0{r}^2}## Which i can now write as ##\vec{E}## by symple taking the gradient in spherical coordinates. I get: ##\vec{E}=p'\frac{(2cos\theta-sin\theta)\hat{r}+(2sin\theta+cos\theta)\hat{\theta}}{4\pi\epsilon_0{r}^3}##
Now using one of Maxwell's laws i can get the charge distribution: ##\rho=\epsilon_0\nabla.\vec{E}=\frac{psin\theta}{4\pi{r}^4}## Does it make any sense that this is the result for charge distribution?
Thank you guys, I'm not really sure how to interpret this
 
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OhNoYaDidn't said:
Does it make any sense
Not to me. I don't see how it could be radially symmetric.
 
OhNoYaDidn't said:
An electric dipole p with arbitrary direction and is at distance a from plane infinite conductor at z=0.
##p=(2pcos\theta \hat{z}+psin\theta \hat{x}##
I do not understand where that 2 comes from.
 
I'm sorry, i wanted to edit my post, but somehow i can't :/. That 2 obviously shouldn't be there, it was a mistake when i was writing those in latex. I was doing the math again and i think i got it. If a moderator could delete this thread that would be good. Thank you anyway haruspex.
 
OhNoYaDidn't said:
I'm sorry, i wanted to edit my post, but somehow i can't :/. That 2 obviously shouldn't be there, it was a mistake when i was writing those in latex. I was doing the math again and i think i got it. If a moderator could delete this thread that would be good. Thank you anyway haruspex.
Glad you sorted it out. Don't onow why you could not edit the post... was there no "edit" button?
Forum policy is not to delete threads unless they violate some rule.
 
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