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Minimizing potential energy of a dipole in an electric field
My test paper asked me which way a dipole should be orientated in an electric field to minimize its potential energy. My answer was that the dipole should lie parallel to the electric field with the ...
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Where will the electric field be zero in dipole [closed]
Lets say we have an electric dipole. I can't figure out where the location of net zero electric field will be.
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Force from point charge on perfect dipole
Have a point charge and a perfect dipole $\vec{p}$ a distance $r$ away. Angle between $\vec{p}$ and $\hat{r}$ is $\theta$. Want to find force on dipole.
I'm having more than a little difficulty ...
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What is the origin of the Dirac delta term in the dipole electric field?
I am a bit lost how one has deduced the formula for electric field with electric dipole because of some inconsistency between different sources. The Wikipedia article contains a delta function in the ...
