Homework Set # 10 - Due November 11

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  1. 15.4.10 (Warning! The RHS of the equation should be multiplied by (-1)!)

  2. 15.4.13

  3. 15.5.2

  4. a) Express the elements of the quadrupole moment tensor xixj as a linear combination of the spherical harmonics Y2m and Y00.

    b) The quadrupole moment tensor is usually defined as

Qij=∫(3xixj-r2δij)ρ(r)dτ,

with ρ(r) the charge density. Express the components of (3xixj-r2δij) in terms of r2Y2m.

c) What is the significance of the -r2δij term?

    Solution (pdf file)

    5. A charged conducting ring of radius a (Example 15.2.3) may be described by

    ρ(r)=qδ(r-a)δ(cosθ)/(2πa2).

    Using the known Green's function for this system, obtained in class, find the electrostatic potential.

    Solution (pdf file)

    6. Expand the Green function found in class for the volume inside a sphere of radius R in terms of spherical harmonics. Your Green
        function has to be a function of (r,
    θ,φ;r',θ',φ') and it has to be symmetric under exchange of the primed and unprimed variables.