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Show that the total Coulomb self-energy of a sphere of radius R containing a charge Ze e...

Show that the total Coulomb self-energy of a sphere of radius R containing a charge Ze evenly spread throughout the sphere is given by

Hint: Calculate the work done to bring a charge from infinity into a spherical shell of radius r and then integrate the spherical shell from 0 to R.

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