We know that if charge is distributed on a body these

Last updated: 6/21/2023

We know that if charge is distributed on a body these charges interact to give a certain self energy to the body This self energy can be calculated in many ways One of the ways is to integrate the energy spread out in entire space in form of C electric field U We can assume an electron to be like a uniformly charged thin shell of radius ro having self energy Eo This energy has been estimated in nuclear reactions as 0 51 MeV From this we can find out an approximate radius of the electron at is the approximate radius of electron e 4 o Eo e 8 o Eo e 4 0E0 2 z 0E dv 2 A