How many times will the potential difference and capacitance of a long cylin-drical capacitor change when it moves at a speed βc along the axis?
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### Solution
Reference frame and geometry
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· S': system at rest with respect to the capacitor.
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· S: laboratory system, in which the capacitor moves with velocity v along the z-axis (axis of the cylinder).
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S': system at rest with respect to the capacitor.
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S: laboratory system, in which the capacitor moves with velocity v along the z-axis (axis of the cylinder).
The capacitor consists of two coaxial cylinders of radii a and b (b > a) and proper length L' (very large compared to the radii). In S' the electric field is purely radial and there is no magnetic field.
For a boost along z, the components of the fields transform according to:
How many times will the potential difference and capacitance of a long cylin-drical capacitor change when it moves at a speed βc along the axis?
### Solution
### Solution
Reference frame and geometry
Reference frame and geometry
· S': system at rest with respect to the capacitor.
S': system at rest with respect to the capacitor.
· S: laboratory system, in which the capacitor moves with velocity v along the z-axis (axis of the cylinder).
S: laboratory system, in which the capacitor moves with velocity v along the z-axis (axis of the cylinder).
The capacitor consists of two coaxial cylinders of radii a and b (b > a) and proper length L' (very large compared to the radii). In S' the electric field is purely radial and there is no magnetic field.
The capacitor consists of two coaxial cylinders of radii a and b (b > a) and proper length L' (very large compared to the radii). In S' the electric field is purely radial and there is no magnetic field.
For a boost along z, the components of the fields transform according to:
For a boost along z, the components of the fields transform according to: