Thursday, 8 March 2012

Electric Dipole


Electric Dipole- An electric dipole is a pair of equal and opposite point charges q and –q separated by a distance ‘2a’ . By convention , the direction from –q to q is said to be direction of the dipole moment (p).
Case 1 -  For point on the axis
Let the point P be at distance r from the centre of the dipole of charge                                                       
 E-q = pq/4Пє0(r+a)2            ---------------------- (1)
Where p is the vector along the dipole axis (from –q to q) also
                                      E+q = pq/4Пє0(r-a)2   -----------------------(2)
The total field at P is
                                 E = E+q + E-q
                                  E= pq/4Пє0[1/(r-a)2 – 1/(r+a)2]
                                    = pq/4Пє0 × 4ar/(r2 – a2)2                          (For  r > > > a )
                                E = 4qa/ 4Пє0r3 
                               
   Case 2- For points on the equatorial plane             
                                                            The magnitudes of the electric field due to the two charges +q and –q are given by
         
                      E+q= q/4Пє0 ×1/(r2 + a2)
                      E-q= q/4Пє0 ×1/ (r2 + a2)
The total electric field is opposite to p^
                     E = - (E+q + E-q)cosө p^
                        = 2qa/4Пє0 (r2 + a2)3/2 p^

At large distances  (r > > > a) , this reduces to
                     E =2qa/4Пє0 r3 p^       (r > > > a)
                      P = q× 2a p^  Where p = electric dipole moment
                   E = 2p/4Пє0 r3     (at a point on the axis ) (r > > > a)
At a point on the equatorial plane
                    E = p/4Пє0 r3     (r > > a)
dipole in uniform external field
magnitude of torque = force×┴ distance   

 =qE×2a.sinө
   =(q×2a)E.sinө
             =pE.sinө
             T=p×E
FIELD DUE TO UNIFORMLY CHARGED INFINITE PLANE SHEET-     

The net flux through the Gaussian surface is 2EA
The charge enclosed by the closed surface is σ A
         By applying Gauss’s law
                   2EA =  σA/ є0
            Or   E =  σ /2 є0
    In vector form
                    E = σ /2 є0  n^
                    E = σ R2/ є0 r2 = q/4Пє0 r2




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