TF DerivationOfCoulombForce

Poisson's Equation

[math]\nabla^2 \phi(\vec{\xi}) = - \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0} =- \frac{e}{\epsilon_0} \delta(\vec{\xi})[/math]

Fourier Transform of Poisson's Equation

[math]\frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2}} \int e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \nabla^2 \phi(\vec{\xi})dV = - \frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2}} \frac{e}{\epsilon_0} \int e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}}\delta(\vec{\xi}) dV [/math]

[math]\frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2}} \int e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \vec{\nabla} \cdot (\vec{\nabla} \phi(\vec{\xi}))dV = - \frac{e}{(2 \pi)^{3/2}\epsilon_0} (1)[/math]

Product rule for dervatives