Electric Field of Charged Ring

Total charge on ring: Q

Charge per unit
length: = Q/2a
Charge on arc: dq

dE =

kdq
kdq
=
r2
x 2 + a2

x
kxdq
dEx = dE cos = dE
= 2
(x + a2 )3/2
x 2 + a2
Z
kx
kQx
dq

E
Ex = 2
=
x
(x + a2 )3/2
(x2 + a2 )3/2
|x|  a : Ex '

Ex

x 0
x0

kQx
,
a3

(dEx /dx)x=x0 = 0

kQ
x  a : Ex ' 2
x

x0 = a/ 2
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