Potential due to half figures?

how to find potential due to half figures(hemisphere, half shell etc) and also electric field , using known results for the full figures??
like in case of hemisphere do we simply reduce mass to m/2??

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Asish Mahapatra ·

i dont think so.

for hemisphere, V at centre ≠0 while it is for the full sphere..

you have to integrate.

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cipher1729 ·

@ashish
for finding potential , there are no components as such to be taken

we are simply integrating the field from infinity to 0
why doesnt changing m to 1/2 help???

PS :V at centre of sphere is not 0. it is -3GM/2R

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varun.tinkle ·

actually u hv to integate using limits.... and nothin more

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