Tuesday, December 15, 2015

electrostatics - Is it true that $vec{E}neq 0$ inside a 1- or 2-dimensional conductor?


It is known that when a conductor is placed in an electric field, the charges redistribute themselves such that $E=0$ inside the conductor. I was also told that the same is NOT true for the 2D and 1D analogues. Why is this true? And what happens in these cases?


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