Electric field of the electron. The structure of the electron is not defined (that is, its dimensions cannot be identified with certainty). Its charge, however, is considered to be a point charge. Consider the following:
(a) Suppose the electron is a point charge equal to e = -1.602 x 10-19 C. Calculate the electric field intensity it produces everywhere in space.
(b) Suppose now that the charge of the electron is distributed uniformly over a spher ical volume of radius Ro = 2 x 10-13 m. Calculate the electric field intensity everywhere in space outside the electron (that is, for R > Ro). Show that the result is the same as in (a).