A parallel-plate capacitor is made using two circular plates of radius a, with the bottom plate on the xy plane, centered at the origin. The top plate is located at z = d, with its center on the z axis. Potential $V_0$ is on the top plate; the bottom plate is grounded. Dielectric having radially dependent permittivity fills the region between plates. The permittivity is given by $\epsilon(\rho)=\epsilon_{0}\left(1+\rho^{2} / a^{2}\right).$ Find (a) E; (b) D; (c) Q; (d) C.

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$	extbf{a)}$

The electric potential is still going to be $V(z)=V_0z/d$, so the electric field, being the negative gradient of the potential, is:

$$
\begin{gather*}
\mathbf E=\boxed{-\dfrac{V_0}{d}\mathbf a_z}
\end{gather*}
$$

$	extbf{b)}$

The displacement field is:

$$
\begin{gather*}
\mathbf D=\epsilon \mathbf E=\boxed{-\epsilon_0\left(1+\dfrac{ho^2}{a^2}ight)\dfrac{V_0}{d}\mathbf a_z}
\end{gather*}
$$

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