Home work set 6.

Due Tues, Nov 14, 2017

1. A transmission line consisting of two, parallel perfect conductors of arbi-

trary, but constant, cross section. Current flows down one conductor and
returns via the other. Show that the product of the inductance per unit length
L and the capacitance per unit length C is

LC = µǫ

where µ and ǫ are the permeability and the permittivity of the medium sur-
rounding the conductors. (Jackson 5.29)

2. Let the space between two concentric spheres with radii a and R ≥ a be
filled uniformly with charge.

(a) Calculate the total energy U E in terms of the total charge Q and the
variable x = Ra . Check the a = 0 and a = R limits.

(b) Minimize U E with respect to x (keeping the total charge Q constant).

Identity the physical system which achieves the minimum you find.