Electrostatic self-energy of a uniformly charged ellipsoid ———Sequel to“A supplement to the article‘Electric field in the cavity of a charged thick ellipsoidal shell’”

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  • College of Physics and Electrical Engineering,Anyang Normal University,Anyang,Henan 455000,China

Received date: 2019-09-25

  Revised date: 2019-11-05

  Online published: 2020-06-17

Abstract

The electrostatic self-energy of a uniformly charged ellipsoid is calculated. The ellipsoid is composed

of non-conductor. The method is to divide the thick ellipsoid into infinite thin coaxial ellipsoidal shells with the

same eccentricity ratios. The electrostatic self-energy formula for a uniformly charged ellipsoid of general shape is

obtained by considering the respective self-energy of every thin shell and interaction energy for each other.

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YU Feng-jun, TANG Zhen-jie, TIAN Jun-long, JU Lin . Electrostatic self-energy of a uniformly charged ellipsoid ———Sequel to“A supplement to the article‘Electric field in the cavity of a charged thick ellipsoidal shell’”[J]. College Physics, 2020 , 39(06) : 14 -17 . DOI: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.190432

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