TF DerivationOfCoulombForce

Poisson's Equation

$\nabla^2 \phi(\vec{\xi}) = - \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0} =- \frac{e}{\epsilon_0} \delta(\vec{\xi})$

Fourier Transform of Poisson's Equation

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

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

Product rule for dervatives

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

Gauss' Theorem:

$\int \vec{\nabla} \cdot ( e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \vec{\nabla} \phi ) dV = \oint_S e^{-i \vec{k}\cdot \vec{\xi}} \vec{\nabla}\cdot d\vec{A}$

Definition of derivative:

$(\vec{\nabla} e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}}) \cdot (\vec{\nabla} \phi ) = \vec{\nabla} \cdot (\phi \vec{\nabla} e^{-i \vec{k}}) - \phi {\nabla}^2 e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}}$

Substituting

$\frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} } \left \{ \int e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \vec{\nabla} \phi \cdot d\vec{A} - \int \vec{\nabla} \cdot (\phi \vec{\nabla} e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} ) dV + \int \phi {\nabla}^2 e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} dV \right \} = \frac{-e}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} \epsilon_0}$

Gauss' Low:

$\int \vec{\nabla}\cdot (\phi \vec{\nabla} e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} ) dV = \int \phi \vec{\nabla} e^{-i k \xi } \cdot d\vec{A}$

$\frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} } \left \{\int \left \{ e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \vec{\nabla} \phi - \phi \vec{\nabla} e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \right \} \cdot d\vec{A} + \int \phi {\nabla}^2 e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} dV \right \} = \frac{-e}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} \epsilon_0}$

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

$-k^2 \frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} } \int \phi(\xi) e^{-i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} dV_{xi} = \frac{-e}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} \epsilon_0}$

$-k^2 \phi(k) = \frac{-e}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} \epsilon_0}$

1.) Coulomb $\phi(k) = \frac{e}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} \epsilon_0} \frac{1}{k^2}$ = potential in "k"(momentum) space

To find the potential in "coordinate" $(\xi)$ space just inverse transform

$\phi (\xi) = \frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} } \int e^{+ i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \phi (k) dV_k$

$= \frac{1}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} } \int e^{i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}} \frac{e}{2 \pi)^{3/2} \epsilon_0} \frac{1}{k^2} dV_k$

$= \frac{e}{(2 \pi)^{3} \epsilon_0} \int \frac{e^{i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}}}{k^2} dV_k$

$dV_k=k^2 sin{\theta}_k d{\theta}_k d{\phi}_k dk$

$=\frac{e}{(2 \pi)^{3} \epsilon_0} {{\int}_0}^{2\pi} d{\phi}_k {{\int}_0}^{\pi} d{\theta}_k {{\int}_0}^{\infty} dk \times k^2 sin{\theta}_k e^{i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{\xi}}$

$=\frac{e}{(2\pi)^2 \epsilon_0} {{\int}_0}^{\pi} {{\int}_0}^{\infty} sin{\theta}_k e^{ik \xi cos{\theta}_k} k^2 dk$

$u=cos\theta$

$du=sin\theta d\theta$