File:VFPt image charge plane horizontal.svg

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English: Field of a positive electric charge in front of a perfectly conducting horizontal metal surface. The field outside the metal can be constructed using an image charge behind the metal surface.
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Author Geek3
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# paste this code at the end of VectorFieldPlot 1.0
doc = FieldplotDocument('VFPt_image_charge_plane_horizontal', width=600, height=500, center=[300,300], commons=True)
field = Field({'monopoles':[[0,0,1]]}); doc.draw_charges(field, scale=1.5)
field = Field({'monopoles':[[0,0,1], [0,-3,-1]]})
n = 22
Fs = ig.quad(lambda phi: sc.dot(rot([0,1], phi), field.F(rot([0,1.5], phi))), 0, 2*pi)[0]
for i in range(n):
    a = float(i) / n
    phi = op.brentq(lambda phi1: ig.quad(lambda phi: sc.dot(rot([0,1], phi),
        field.F(rot([0,1.5], phi))), 0, phi1)[0] - a * Fs, 0, 2*pi)
    line = FieldLine(field, rot([0,1.5], phi), maxr=10, directions='both', bounds_func=lambda p: -p[1]-1.5)
    doc.draw_line(line, arrows_style={'max_arrows':1, 'offsets':[0.7,0.3,0.3,0.7], 'scale':1.35})
doc.draw_object('rect', {'x':-3.02,'y':-2.02,'width':6.04,'height':0.515,
    'style':'fill:#bbb; stroke:#000; stroke-width:0.03'})
doc.write()

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Image of a proton from which the electric field lines are emerging.

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June 2010

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current12:02, 25 February 2020Thumbnail for version as of 12:02, 25 February 2020600 × 500 (15 KB)wikimediacommons>Geek3I appreciate the effort. However 15kB is already tiny and efficient, and with straight line segments the image is simple and fast to render. The Bezier version has visible deviations from the accurate original and the charge gradient got messed up.

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