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<title>Pre-Quantum Electrodynamics</title>
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@@ -1612,14 +1612,14 @@ By Taylor expanding, we get
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Formally, we could do this for any vector \({\bf r}_s\) such that \(|{\bf r}_s| < |{\bf r}|\) by
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Taylor expanding with the \({\boldsymbol \nabla}\) operator,
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<a id="1or_grad"></a><a href="./ems_ca_me_a.html#1or_grad"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-link" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
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@@ -1637,14 +1637,14 @@ the potential takes the form of the general solution of Laplace's equation <a hr
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Reading the parameters, we get \(A_l = 0\), \(B_l = r_s^l\). Putting back a generic angle
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(the coefficients remain the same), we thus get
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<a id="1or_Leg"></a><a href="./ems_ca_me_a.html#1or_Leg"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-link" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
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<ul class="org-ul">
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<li>Gr(3.94)</li>
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@@ -1652,11 +1652,13 @@ Reading the parameters, we get \(A_l = 0\), \(B_l = r_s^l\). Putting back a gen
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\begin{equation}
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\frac{1}{|{\bf r} - {\bf r}_s|} = \sum_{l=0}^{\infty} \frac{r_s^l}{r^{l+1}} P_l (\cos \theta),
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\hspace{1cm} \cos \theta \equiv \hat{\bf r} \cdot \hat{\bf r}_s, \hspace{1cm} r_s < r.
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\tag{1or_Leg\label{1or_Leg}
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\tag{1or_Leg}\label{1or_Leg}
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\end{equation}
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<p>
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We thus see that our beloved Legendre polynomials are quite handy beasts indeed.
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Considering an arbitrary charge distribution over a volume \({\cal V}\),
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(here, we put the origin of our coordinate system closer to all points in \({\cal V}\) than to \({\bf r}\)
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to ensure convergence)
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<a id="p_Leg"></a><a href="./ems_ca_me_a.html#p_Leg"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-link" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
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<ul class="org-ul">
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<li>Gr (3.95)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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To be more general, we here put \(q\) at position \({\bf d}/2\) and \(-q\) at \(-{\bf d}/2\).
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The potential is then
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</p>
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<p>
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\[
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\phi({\bf r}) = \frac{q}{4\pi \varepsilon_0} \left( \frac{1}{|{\bf r} - {\bf d}/2|} - \frac{1}{|{\bf r} + {\bf d}/2|} \right).
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\]
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We can write \(|{\bf r} \pm {\bf d}/2|^2 = r^2 \mp {\bf r} \cdot {\bf d} + (d/2)^2
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= r^2 \left( 1 \mp \frac{{\bf d} \cdot \hat{\bf r}}{r} + \frac{d^2}{4r^2}\right)\).
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</p>
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<p>
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We can write
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</p>
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\begin{equation*}
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|{\bf r} \pm {\bf d}/2|^2 = r^2 \pm {\bf r} \cdot {\bf d} + (d/2)^2 = r^2 \left( 1 \pm \frac{{\bf d} \cdot \hat{\bf r}}{r} + \frac{d^2}{4r^2}\right)
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\end{equation*}
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<p>
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For \(r \gg d\), we can expand (immediately dropping terms of order \(d^2/r^2\))
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</p>
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<p>
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\[
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\frac{1}{|{\bf r} \mp {\bf d}/2|} \simeq \frac{1}{r} \left( 1 \pm \frac{{\bf d} \cdot \hat{\bf r}}{r} \right)^{1/2}
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\simeq \frac{1}{r} \left( 1 \pm \frac{{\bf d} \cdot \hat{\bf r}}{2r} \right).
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\frac{1}{|{\bf r} \pm {\bf d}/2|} \simeq \frac{1}{r} \left( 1 \pm \frac{{\bf d} \cdot \hat{\bf r}}{r} \right)^{-1/2}
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\simeq \frac{1}{r} \left( 1 \mp \frac{{\bf d} \cdot \hat{\bf r}}{2r} \right).
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\]
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</p>
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<p>
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Putting things together, the leading term in the expansion <a href="./ems_ca_me_a.html#p_Leg">p_Leg</a> for the
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potential of the physical dipole is given by
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<a id="p_physdi"></a><a href="./ems_ca_me_a.html#p_physdi"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-link" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
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<path d="M6.354 5.5H4a3 3 0 0 0 0 6h3a3 3 0 0 0 2.83-4H9c-.086 0-.17.01-.25.031A2 2 0 0 1 7 10.5H4a2 2 0 1 1 0-4h1.535c.218-.376.495-.714.82-1z"/>
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<path d="M9 5.5a3 3 0 0 0-2.83 4h1.098A2 2 0 0 1 9 6.5h3a2 2 0 1 1 0 4h-1.535a4.02 4.02 0 0 1-.82 1H12a3 3 0 1 0 0-6H9z"/>
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<div class="alteqlabels" id="org7b58d38">
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<ul class="org-ul">
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<li>Gr (3.90)</li>
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<p class="author">Author: Jean-Sébastien Caux</p>
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<p class="date">Created: 2022-02-15 Tue 10:14</p>
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<p class="date">Created: 2022-02-17 Thu 08:42</p>
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