V Semester B.Sc. Degree (C.B.C.S.S.-O.B.E.-Regular/Supplementary/
Improvement) Examination, November 2023 (2019 – 2021 Admissions) CORE COURSE IN PHYSICS 5B07 PHY : Electrostatics and Magnetostatics
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 40
PART – A
Short answer questions. Answer all questions. Each carries 1 mark.
1. Write the mathematical definition of the one-dimensional Dirac delta function.
2. Will the electrostatic energy obey a superposition principle ? Justify your
answer.
3. What do you mean by the linear dielectric ?
4. Explain the term “induced dipoles.”
5. Express the vector potential of a magnetic dipole in terms of magnetic dipole
moment.
6. How is the magnetic susceptibility related to the magnetization and permeability
of the material ? (6×1=6)
PART – B
Short essay questions. Answer any six questions. Each carries 2 marks.
7. Discuss the electrostatic boundary conditions.
8. With the help of the superposition principle, obtain the expression for force on a test charge Q due to a collection of discrete point charges. P.T.O. K23U 2375 -2- *K23U2375*
9. Derive an expression for how much work it takes to charge the capacitor up to a final amount of charge Q.
10. The presence of a charge inside a cavity in a solid conductor will communicate its presence to the outside world. Explain.
11. Derive an expression for the force acting on a polar molecule when it is placed in a non-uniform electric field.
12. Explain the terms surface current density, K and volume current density, J.
13. How does the ampere’s law apply to magnetized materials ?
14. What do you mean by the term bound surface current ? (6×2=12)
PART – C
Problems. Answer any four questions. Each carries 3 marks.
15. Find the potential inside a uniformly charged solid sphere whose radius is R and whose total charge is q. Use infinity as your reference point.
16. Find the electric field of a distance z above the midpoint of a straight-line segment of length 2L that carries a uniform line charge λ.
17. Consider two concentric spherical shells, of radii a and b. Suppose the inner one carries a charge q and the outer one carries a charge – q (both of them uniformly distributed over the surface). Calculate the energy of this configuration.
18. Suppose the field inside a large piece of dielectric is E0, so that the electric displacement is D0 = ∈0 E0 + P. Now a small spherical cavity is hollowed out of the material. Find the field at the center of the cavity in terms of E0 and P. Also find the displacement at the center of the cavity in terms of D0 and P . Assume the polarization is “frozen in,” so it doesn’t change when the cavity is excavated.
19. Derive the continuity equation.
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20. A thick slab extending from z = – a to z = +a (and infinite in the x and y directions) carries a uniform volume current J = Jx ^: (as shown in the figure). Find the magnetic field, as a function of z, both inside and outside the slab.
(4×3=12)
PART – D
Long Essay. Answer any two questions. Each carries 5 marks.
21. State Gauss’s law in electrostatic and express it is in differential form. Find the electric field produced by an infinite plane sheet carrying a uniform surface charge density σ. Also find the direction and magnitude of the electric field in between two such sheets having equal and opposite uniform charge densities ±σ.
22. Explain the term polarization. Derive an expression for the electric potential of a polarized object in terms of the bound surface and volume charge densities.
23. Discuss the motion of charged particles in a uniform electric field at right angles to the magnetic field.
24. Derive the relation for the change in orbital dipole moment of an atomic orbit due to a magnetic field. (2×5=10) ––––––––––––––––––
