A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge $σ$ in the upper half and negative surface charge $- σ$ in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in:

(figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)

Question

A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge

σ

in the upper half and negative surface charge

- σ

in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in:

(figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)

Aicharya · Accepted Answer

Using the properties of a dipole and laws of electric field line where two lines should not intersect, the graph would be,

A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge σ in the upper half and negative surface…