Electrostatic repulsion between a uncharged or slightly charged conductor and a point charge
Classical Physics
2022-08-16 v1
Abstract
A counterintuitive effect of a repulsion between uncharged and charged conductors is considered. Our numerical calculations prove this effect for various axially symmetric systems of a neutral conductor in an electric field of a point charge. The presence of a cavity in the conductor is very important for the repulsion effect. Our simple analytical model explains this effect in terms of specific spatial positions of induced charges.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2208.06427,
title = {Electrostatic repulsion between a uncharged or slightly charged conductor and a point charge},
author = {V. P. Savin and Yu. A. Koksharov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.06427},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
9 pages, 11 figures