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A First Course in String Theory

(b) Show that with $d$ spatial dimensions, the potential $\Phi$ due to a point charge $q$ is given by

$\displaystyle{\Phi(r) = \frac{\Gamma \left( \frac{d}{2} - 1 \right)}{4 \pi^{d/2}} \frac{q}{r^{d-2}}}$

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Eq. (3.74):

$\displaystyle{E(r) = \frac{\Gamma\left( \frac{d}{2} \right)}{2 \pi^{\frac{d}{2}}} \frac{q}{r^{d-1}}}$

$\displaystyle{\begin{aligned} E(r) &= -\frac{d\Phi(r)}{dr} \\ \\ \int_r^{\infty} d\Phi &= - \frac{\Gamma\left( \frac{d}{2} \right)}{2 \pi^{\frac{d}{2}}} q \int_r^{\infty} r^{-d+1} dr \\ \\ \Phi(\infty) - \Phi(r) &= \frac{\Gamma\left( \frac{d}{2} \right)}{4 \pi^{\frac{d}{2}}} \frac{q}{\frac{d}{2}-1} \left[\frac{1}{r^{d-2}} \right]_r^{\infty} \\ \\ \Gamma (z) &= \frac{\Gamma (z+1)}{z} \\ \\ \Phi(r) &= \frac{\Gamma\left( \frac{d}{2} - 1\right)}{4 \pi^{\frac{d}{2}}} \frac{q}{r^{d-2}} \\ \\ \end{aligned} }$

— Me@2023-05-17 09:11:07 AM

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