Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2009 / ib / Paper 3 / 17A / b / Solution

Take the inner conductor to be at potential $V$ above the outer. A cylindrical Gauss law surface of length $\ell$ encloses charge $\lambda \ell$ and gives $E_{r}2\pi r\ell =\lambda \ell /{ϵ}_0$. The potential difference isThus the coaxial cylindrical capacitor field and charge areThe perfectly conducting surfaces have no tangential electric field in this idealized steady model.