Multipole expansion Definition and 37 Threads

I derived the formula for the quadrupole radiation power emitted by a system of masses: $$P=\frac{1}{45}\dddot{Q}_{kl}\dddot{Q}_{kl} .\quad\quad (*)$$ Note here that: (1) I am using geometrized units, so ##c=G=1##; (2) ##Q_{kl}## is the quadrupole tensor $$Q_{kl} = \int{(3x_k x_l - δ_{kl}\cdot...

For the multipole expansion of the electric potential, we expand ## \frac 1 {|\vec r-\vec r'|}## in the following way: $$\frac 1 {|\vec r-\vec r'|} = \frac 1{\sqrt{(\vec r-\vec r')^2}} =\frac 1 {[ \vec r^2 +\vec r'^2 -2\vec r\cdot \vec r']^{-\frac 12}}=\frac 1{[\vec r^2 + \vec r'^2 - 2|\vec...

Hello! I found an expression in this paper (eq. 1) for the multipole expansion of the vector potential. I am not sure I understand what form do the vector spherical harmonics (VSH) have. Also, for example, the usual hyperfine interaction operator is given by...

Problem: Solution: This was quite simple, are my solutions correct?

when you do a multipole expansion of the vector potential you get a monopole, dipole, quadrupole and so on terms. The monopole term for a current loop is μI/4πr*∫dl’ which goes to 0 as the integral is over a closed loop. I am kinda confused on that as evaulating the integral gives the arc length...

If I have a physical dipole with dipole moment p. Now, this formula for potential (V) is a good approximation when r is much larger than both r1 and r2 in the picture below. It's however said that for a pure dipole for which the separation between charges goes to zero and q goes to infinity, the...

hi guys I have read the other day about how the nuclear quadruple moment descries the deformation of the nucleus, however i can't get my head around how is that!, I am familiar with the multiple expansion in which we can describe the potential of an arbitrary charge distribution by the following...

The diagram of the problem should look something like this: ,which is just the normal spherical coordinate.To calculate the potential far away, we use the multipole expansion. ##I_o## in the expansion is ok, because ##(r^{'})^{0} = 1##. However, I am wondering how I should calculate ##I_1##...

for the case, r>>r' the higher-order term like 1/r^2 and above that is negligible. so V(r)=cons.*1/r*P0(cos a) but for the case r'>>r will it be V(r)=cons.*1/r'[ summation Pn(cos a')t'^n] where t'=r/r' now if we neglect higher-order term of r/r' then V(r)=cons.*1/r'*P0(cos a') which is...

Homework Statement This is from Griffith's Introduction to Electrodynamics, where the book is deriving the magnetic dipole moment from multipole expansion of the vector potential The vector potential of a current loop can be written as $$\mathbf{A(r)}=\frac{\mu_0 I}{4\pi} \left[ \frac{1}{r}...

I read Chris Hirata's paper on gravitational waves (http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~chirata/ph236/lec10.pdf) where he performs a multipole expansion of the gravitational source. I got most of it, apart from the part where he expands the inverse distance function into a series : More specifically...

Homework Statement Four particles are each placed a distance a from the origin 3q at (0,a) -2q at (a,0) -2q at (-a,0) q at (0,-a) find the simple approximate formula for the potential valid at points far from the origin. Express in Spherical coordinates Homework Equations P=qr ##V =...

Homework Statement A grounded Z-axis symmetric closed conductor has a single point charge at the origin within it, inducing negative charge onto its inner surface. Given the induced charge density from the unit point charge, find the surface charge induced instead by a unit dipole at the...

Homework Statement Consider a very thin rod lying on the z axis from z = −L/2 to z = L/2. It carries a uniform charge density λ. Show that away from the rod, at the point r (r >>L), the potential can be written as V (r, θ) = (2Lλ/4πε0)(1/L)[ 1 + 1/3(L/2r)2P2(cos θ) + 1/3(L/2r)4 P4(cos θ) + · ·...

Homework Statement Hi everybody! I'm very stuck trying to solve this problem, hopefully some of you can give me a clue about in which direction I should go: Determine the multipole expansion in two dimensions of the potential of a localized charge distribution ##\lambda(\vec{x})## until the...

Homework Statement Loop of current ##I## sitting in the xy plane. Current goes in counter clockwise direction as seen from positive z axis. Find: a) the magnetic dipole moment b) the approximate magnetic field at points far from the origin c) show that, for points on the z axis, your answer is...

Homework Statement So my teacher, as we made the multipole expansion of Vector Potential (\vec A) decided to proof that the monopole term is zero doing something like this: ∫∇'⋅ (J.r'i)dV' = ∮r'iJ ndS' = 0 The first integral, "opening" the nabla: J⋅(∇r'i) + r'i(∇⋅J) this must be equals 0 J =...

Homework Statement I need to calculate the electric field on the midplane of a uniformly polarized cylinder at a large distance from the center of the cylinder. The question also says that because the distance is large compared to the radius the dipole dominates the multipole expansion...

Hello, I was hoping someone could help make the concept of electric multipole/ magnetic multipole expansions clearer. I think my most fundamental question is: Are dipole, quadrupole and up fields just a shortcut to using the superposition principle on a charge distribution in space or do they...

Homework Statement Jackson 4.7 Given a localized charge distribution: \rho(r)=\frac{1}{64\pi}r^{2} e^{-r} sin^{2}\theta make the multipole expansion of the potential due to this charge distribution and determine all nonvanishing moments. Write down the potential at large distances as a...

Consider the following charge distribution:A positive charge of magnitude Q is at the origin and there is a charge -Q on each of the x,y and z axes a distance d from the origin. I want to expand the potential of this charge distribution using spherical coordinates.Here's how I did it...

Hi everyone Homework Statement I want to find the multipole expansion of \Phi(\vec r)= \frac {1}{4\pi \epsilon_0} \int d^3 r' \frac {\rho(\vec r')}{|\vec r -\vec r'|} Homework Equations Taylor series The Attempt at a Solution My attempt at a solution was to use the Taylor series. I...

Hi. I'm having some difficult in understanding something about the dipole term in a multipole expansion. Griffiths writes the expansion as a sum of terms in Legendre polynomials, so the dipole term in the potential is writen \frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon r^{2}}\int r^{'}cos\theta^{'}\rho dv^{'}...

Homework Statement Given the multipole moment of the mass distribution how would I go about determining that the multipole moment expansion is invariant. I Homework Equations http://cohengroup.ccmr.cornell.edu/courses/phys3327/HW2/hw2.pdf The Attempt at a Solution I need to explicitly show...

Homework Statement Four point charges: q at a^z; q at -a^z; -q at a^y and -q at -a^y where ^z and ^y are the unit vectors along the z and y axes. Homework Equations Find the approximate expression (i.e. calculate the first non-zero term in the multipole expansion) for the...

Homework Statement Actually, this is not truly a homework, I'm just ineterested in how to solve problems, like the one below. So, we have two conductive spheres, at a distance R from each other, the radii are r1 and r2 (r1 and r2 are comperable in size, while R is significantly larger than...

Homework Statement I'm given a charge density rho (\rho (r) = r^2 \sin ^2 \theta e^{-r}) and I'm asked to find the multipole expansion of the potential as well as writing explicitely all the non vanishing terms. Homework Equations Not sure and this is my problem. The Attempt at a...

given a dipole on z-axis(+q at z=a and -q at z= -a) , find out the non vanishing multipoles using spherical harmonics. can somebody tell me how to do this problem using spherical harmonics..because when we write charge density using dirac delta function in spherical polar coordinates. then we...

Homework Statement A chare +Q is distributed uniformly along the z axis from z=-a to z=+a. Find the multipole expansion. Homework Equations Here rho has been changed to lambda, which is just Q/2a and d^3r to dz. The Attempt at a Solution I have solved the problem correctly...

Upper undergraduate here. Lot of time spent in studying, but can't find acceptable answers in what follows. To be more specific, my questions are related on "Classical Electrodynamics", Jackson 2nd edition, Sect. 4.2. (and 4.1 of course), titled "Multipole expansion of the Energy of a Charge...

Homework Statement Jackson 6.4b Homework Equations Multipole expansion especially Eq 4.9 in Jackson which is for a Quadrupole The Attempt at a Solution I found the result in 6.4a. The rho over there tells us that there is a charge density inside the sphere. Since the charge density...

Hi, I'm just working through some electrodynamics notes, and am a bit stuck following a particular Taylor expansion, the author starts with: \frac{1}{R_1}=\frac{1}{r} [1+(\frac{l}{r})^2-2\frac{l}{r}cos(\theta)]^-0.5 Which he then says by assuming l<<r and expanding we get...

Hullo, Somehow, I couldn't get the TeX to come out right. I have been trying to learn scheme theory (algebraic geometry) and completely forgotten how to do this simple calculus type stuff... Homework Statement Let V be a potential of the form [tex]V = \left(\frac{1}{r} +...

Hi, I have a random spherical distribution of N charges between radiuses R1 and R2. N is up to 10^9 or more.I want to calculate the electrostatic potential closed to the origin of the sphere. R1 and R2 are much bigger than the distance of this point to the origin. So I thought about using...

Homework Statement I have to calculate the approximate electrostatic potential far from the origin for the following arrangement of three charges: +q at (0,0,a), -q at (0,a,0) and (0,-a,0). I have to give the final answer in spherical coordinates and keep the first two non-zero terms in the...

Im having a little problem with this question Not sure where to start but I believe that a 3D taylor series expansion might be useful. Please could someone urgently help me out as it is due in a few hours! Thanks for your time. GM

Question: Assume the chrages to be on the z axis with the midway between them. Find the potential exactly for a field point on the z axis. Okay, so I found the potential which is v = k*p/(z^2-0.25*l^2) k is the constant 1/4*pi*epsilon, l stands for the length between the two point...