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JEE Advanced 2022Paper 2
Exam
JEE Advanced
Year
2022
Paper
Paper 2
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Electrostatics

JEE Advanced 2022 · Paper 2 · Physics · Electrostatics

A disk of radius R with uniform positive charge density σ is placed...

A disk of radius RR with uniform positive charge density σ\sigma is placed on the xyxy plane with its center at the origin. The Coulomb potential along the zz-axis is
V(z)=σ2ϵ0(R2+z2−z)V\left(z\right) = \dfrac{\sigma}{2{ϵ}_{0}}\left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)

A particle of positive charge qq is placed initially at rest at a point on the zz-axis with z=z0z = {z}_{0} and z0>0{z}_{0} > 0. In addition to the Coulomb force, the particle experiences a vertical force \overset{\to}{F} = - c\overset{^}{k} with c>0c > 0. Let β=2cε0qσ\beta = \dfrac{2c{ε}_{0}}{q\sigma}. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

Options

  1. AFor β=14\beta = \dfrac{1}{4} and z0=257R{z}_{0} = \dfrac{25}{7}R, the particle reaches the origin.
  2. BFor β=14\beta = \dfrac{1}{4} and z0=37R{z}_{0} = \dfrac{3}{7}R, the particle reaches the origin.
  3. CFor β=14\beta = \dfrac{1}{4} and z0=R3{z}_{0} = \dfrac{R}{\sqrt{3}}, the particle returns back to z=z0z = {z}_{0}
  4. DFor β>1\beta > 1 and z0>0{z}_{0} > 0, the particle always reaches the origin.

Correct answer

A. For β=14\beta = \dfrac{1}{4} and z0=257R{z}_{0} = \dfrac{25}{7}R, the particle reaches the origin.

Step-by-step solution

For the particle to reach at origin, work done by the force should be greater than the increase in the potential energy of the charged particle. Therefore,

cz≥\sigmaq2ϵ0[R−(R2+z2−z)]⇒c2ϵ0\sigmaq≥[R−(R2+z2−z)]z⇒β≥[R−(R2+z2−z)]zcz \ge \dfrac{\sigmaq}{2{ϵ}_{0}}\left[R - \left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)\right] ⇒ \dfrac{c2{ϵ}_{0}}{\sigmaq} \ge \dfrac{\left[R - \left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)\right]}{z} ⇒ \beta \ge \dfrac{\left[R - \left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)\right]}{z}

For option A

[R−(R2+z2−z)]z=R−R(1+62549−257)R257≃0.242\dfrac{\left[R - \left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)\right]}{z} = \dfrac{R - R\left(\sqrt{1 + \dfrac{625}{49}} - \dfrac{25}{7}\right)}{R\dfrac{25}{7}} ≃ 0 . 242

Since, 0.25>0.2420 . 25 > 0 . 242

Option A is correct.

For option B

[R−(R2+z2−z)]z=R−R(1+949−37)R37≃0.79\dfrac{\left[R - \left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)\right]}{z} = \dfrac{R - R\left(\sqrt{1 + \dfrac{9}{49}} - \dfrac{3}{7}\right)}{R\dfrac{3}{7}} ≃ 0 . 79

Since, 0.25<0.790 . 25 < 0 . 79

Option B is incorrect

For option C

[R−(R2+z2−z)]z=R−R(1+13−13)R13≃0.73\dfrac{\left[R - \left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)\right]}{z} = \dfrac{R - R\left(\sqrt{1 + \dfrac{1}{3}} - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)}{R\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}} ≃ 0 . 73

Since, 0.25<0.730 . 25 < 0 . 73

Therefore, the particle returns to z0{z}_{0}

Hence, option C is correct.

For option D,

For any value of z>0z > 0

[R−(R2+z2−z)]z<1\dfrac{\left[R - \left(\sqrt{{R}^{2} + {z}^{2}} - z\right)\right]}{z} < 1

Hence, option D is correct.

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