A Spaceship Encounters a Single Plane of Charged Particles,with the Charge

question 126

Multiple Choice

A spaceship encounters a single plane of charged particles,with the charge per unit area equal to $\sigma$ .The electric field a short distance above the plane has magnitude ____ and is directed ____ to the plane.

• A) \(\frac { \sigma } { 2 \varepsilon _ { 0 } }\) ,parallel
• B) \(\frac { \sigma } { 2 \varepsilon _ { 0 } }\) ,perpendicular
• C) \(\frac { \sigma } { \varepsilon _ { 0 } }\) ,parallel
• D) \(\frac { \sigma } { \varepsilon _ { 0 } }\) ,perpendicular
• E) \(\frac { 2 \sigma } { \varepsilon _ { 0 } }\) ,parallel

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