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A fully charged capacitor $C$ with initial charge $q_0$ is connected to a coil of self inductance $L$ at $t = 0$ . The time at which the energy is stored equally between the electric and the magnetic fields is
$\pi \sqrt {LC} $
$\frac{\pi }{4}\sqrt {LC} $
$2\pi \sqrt {LC} $
$\sqrt {LC} $
Solution
During discharging of capacitor $C$ through inductance $L$, let at any instant, charge in capacitor be $q$ and current in inductance be changing at the rate of ${d} I / d t$
The emf equation of the circuit is
$\frac{Q}{C}+L \frac{d I}{d t}=0$ or $\frac{Q}{C}+L \frac{d^{2} Q}{d t^{2}}=0$
or $\frac{d^{2} Q}{d t^{2}}+\frac{Q}{L C}=0$
It is a differntial equation of second order with shows that the charge is oscillaroty
in $L-C$ circuit, i.e., $Q=Q_{0} \sin \omega t$
Comparing $(i)$ with the relation
$\frac{d^{2} Q}{d t^{2}+\omega^{2} Q=0}$
We have $\omega^{2}=\frac{1}{L C}$ or $\omega=\frac{1}{\sqrt{L V}}$
Max. energy stored in capacitor $=\frac{1}{2} \frac{Q_{0}^{2}}{C}$
Let at instant $t$, the energy be stored eqally between electric and magnetic field. Then energy stored in electric field at instant $t$ is
$\frac{1}{2} \frac{Q^{2}}{C}=\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{1}{2} \frac{Q_{0}^{2}}{C}\right]$ or $Q^{2}=\frac{Q_{0}^{2}}{2}$ or $Q=\frac{Q_{0}}{\sqrt{2}}$
$Q_{0} \sin \omega t=\frac{Q_{0}}{\sqrt{2}}$ or $\omega t=\frac{\pi}{4}$
or $t=\frac{\pi}{4 \omega}=\frac{\pi}{4 \times(1 / \sqrt{L C})}=\frac{\pi \sqrt{L C}}{4}$