Gauss's Law (Electrostatics)
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Physical Law
- $\nabla \cdot \mathbf D = \rho$
where:
- $\nabla \cdot \mathbf D$ denotes the divergence of the electric displacement field $\mathbf D$
- $\mathbf D = \varepsilon_0 \mathbf E$ denotes the electric displacement field
- $\rho$ denotes electric charge density
- $\mathbf E$ denotes the electric field
- $\varepsilon_0$ denotes the vacuum permittivity.
Also presented as
Gauss's law can also be seen presented as:
- $\nabla \cdot \mathbf E = \dfrac \rho {\varepsilon_0}$
where:
- $\nabla \cdot \mathbf E$ denotes the divergence of the electric field $\mathbf E$
- $\rho$ denotes electric charge density
- $\varepsilon_0$ denotes the vacuum permittivity.
Also see
Source of Name
This entry was named for Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Sources
- 1970: George Arfken: Mathematical Methods for Physicists (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction: Electromagnetic Theory
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): divergence: 2. (div)
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Maxwell's equations
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): divergence: 2. (div)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Maxwell's equations