Rules for the distribution of point charges on a conducting disk

Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics. 2000 Sep;62(3 Pt A):R3075-6. doi: 10.1103/physreve.62.r3075.

Abstract

The minimum energy configurations of N equal point charges interacting via the Coulomb potential on an infinitely thin conducting disk are determined and the rules for the distribution of charges on the disk are deduced.