Engineering Electromagnetics
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Author: Hayt
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.5P
A volume charge distribution in free space is characterized by the density
where d is a distance along z, A is the area of a surface parallel to the xy plane, and q is a fixed charge quantity. The charge distribution exists everywhere (a) Find the electric field intensity. E. everywhere (b) What is the interpretation of q?
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