The finite one-dimensional wire problem
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Computational Physics
Abstract
We discuss an elementary problem in electrostatics: What does the charge distribution look like for a free charge on a strictly one-dimensional wire of finite length? To the best of our knowledge this question has so far not been discussed anywhere. One notices that a solution of this problem is not as simple as it might appear at first sight.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/9808038,
title = {The finite one-dimensional wire problem},
author = {Stefan Kehrein and Christian Muenkel and Kay J. Wiese},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9808038},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
15 pages, LaTex, 9 figures: Nice exercise in classical electrostatics