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Monday, May 25, 2015

The Distribution Of ψ Again

This post is wrong. The derivation for force density is wrong. Please refer to following post "Opps! Lucky Me".

Consider this,

ψ=EVol=3E4πr3

where E is the energy at a point r from a particle, ie E(r).  Energy density at r is thus consider to be E redistributed in a sphere of radius r centered at the particle.

The force density as a result of changing ψ along r, the radial line is,

Fv=dψdr=33E4πr4+34πr3dEdr=9E4πr4+34πr3dEdr

The total force in such a sphere is,

F=Fv.Vol

and so the total flux emanating through the surface area of this sphere is,

ϕtotal=FArea=Fv.Vol.1Area

ϕtotal=9E4πr4.43πr3.14πr2+34πr3dEdr.43πr3.14πr2

And so the Newtonian force, total flux per unit area is,

F=ϕA=ϕtotal1Area=(3E4πr3+dEdr.14πr2)14πr2

F=(3E4πr4+dEdr.14πr3)14πr

which is actually,

F=14πr.ddr{E4πr3}=112πr.ddr{3E4πr3}

F=112πr.dψdr

So, the Newtonian force at point r is the change of energy density along the radius at r, per perimeter of an enclosing circle passing through r, centered at the particle, with a factor of 16.

But we know that F follows Coulomb's inverse square law, ie

F1r2

so

dψdr=Dr

where D is an arbitrary constant,

Integration both sides,

ψ=D.ln(r)+C

It is likely that,

ψ=CD.ln(r+ro)

for positive ψ, such that

ψo=CDln(ro) when r=0

so that ψ is not infinite at r=0.

And at r=re,

ψ=0=CD.ln(re+ro)

so that ψ is bounded between r=0 and r=re.  An illustrative plot is made below,


The gradient of ψ is such that F obeys the inverse square law.

The likelihood that ψ does not extend to infinity but instead ends abruptly at r=re, suggests that F might not obey the inverse square law when r<re.  For r>re, we know that the flux emanating from a sphere with radius re, bounding ψ, is a constant, as such F beyond re obeys the inverse square law.  These two points taken together, we might have a near field and far field phenomenon.

Note:  A density value at a point of distance r from a center O, is dealt with, first by letting the value fills a sphere of radius r centered at O (ie. multiplied by the total volume of the sphere).  Then the total value bounded by the volume of this sphere is redistributed onto the surface area of the sphere on a infinitely thin shell (the first division by area 4πr2).  At this point the analysis has moved from a point at r to values on the surface of a sphere of radius r, centered at O.  We then calculate the value per unit area on the surface (the second division by area 4πr2.