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{{Three other uses|the electromagnetic phenomenon|the radio antenna|dipole antenna|the permanent magnet|dipole magnet|the graph|dipole graph-->
, which is approximately a dipole. However, the "N" and "S" (north and south) poles are labeled here
geographically, which is the opposite of the convention for labeling the poles of a magnetic dipole moment.
In physics, there are two kinds of
dipoles (
Ancient Greek:
di(s)- = twi- and
pòla = pivot, hinge). An
electric dipole is a separation of positive and negative charge. The simplest example of this is a pair of electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign, separated by some, usually small, distance. A permanant electric dipole is called an
electret. By contrast, a
magnetic dipole is a closed circulation of electric current. A simple example of this is a single loop of wire with some constant current flowing through it. {{cite book| last = Brau | first = Charles A.
| title=Modern Problems in Classical Electrodynamics
| publisher=Oxford University Press
| year=2004
| id=ISBN 0-19-514665-4
-->
{{cite book| last = Griffiths | first = David J. | title=Introduction to Electrodynamics
| edition = 3rd ed.
| publisher=Prentice Hall
|year=1999
|id=ISBN 0-13-805326-X
-->
Dipoles can be characterized by their dipole moment, a vector quantity. For the simple electric dipole given above, the
electric dipole moment would point from the negative charge towards the positive charge, and have a magnitude equal to the strength of each charge times the separation between the charges. For the current loop, the magnetic dipole moment would point through the loop (according to the
right hand rule), with a magnitude equal to the current in the loop times the area of the loop.
In addition to current loops, the electron, among other
fundamental particles, is said to have a magnetic dipole moment. This is because it generates a
magnetic field which is identical to that generated by a very small current loop. However, to the best of our knowledge, the electron's magnetic moment is not due to a current loop, but is instead an intrinsic property of the electron. It is also possible that the electron has an
electric dipole moment, although this has not yet been observed (see electron electric dipole moment for more information.)
A permanent magnet, such as a bar magnet, owes its magnetism to the intrinsic magnetic dipole moment of the electron. The two ends of a bar magnet are referred to as poles (not to be confused with
magnetic monopole), and are labeled "north" and "south." The dipole moment of the bar magnet points from its magnetic
south pole to its magnetic
north pole—confusingly, the "north" and "south" convention for magnetic dipoles is the opposite of that used to describe the Earth's geographic and magnetic poles, so that the Earth's geomagnetic north pole is the
south pole of its dipole moment. (This should not be difficult to remember; it simply means that the north pole of a bar magnet is the one which points north if used as a
compass.)
The only known mechanisms for the creation of magnetic dipoles are by current loops or quantum-mechanical spin (physics) since the existence of magnetic monopoles has never been experimentally demonstrated.
Torque on a dipole
Since the direction of an electric field is defined as the direction of the force on a positive charge, electric field lines point away from a positive charge and toward a negative charge.
When placed in an
electric field or magnetic field, equal but opposite
forces arise on each side of the dipole creating a torque
τ:
\boldsymbol{\tau} = \mathbf{p} \times \mathbf{E}
for an electrical dipole moment
p (in coulomb-meters), or
\boldsymbol{\tau} = \mathbf{m} \times \mathbf{B}
for a
magnetic dipole moment m (in ampere-square meters).
The resulting torque will tend to align the dipole with the applied field, which in the case of an electric dipole, yields a potential energy of
U = -\mathbf{p} \cdot \mathbf{E}.
The energy of a magnetic dipole is similarly
U = -\mathbf{m} \cdot \mathbf{B}.
Physical dipoles, point dipoles, and approximate dipoles
A
physical dipole consists of two equal and opposite point charges: literally, two poles. Its field at large distances (i.e., distances large in comparison to the separation of the poles) depends almost entirely on the dipole moment as defined above. A
point (electric) dipole is the limit obtained by letting the separation tend to 0 while keeping the dipole moment fixed. The field of a point dipole has a particularly simple form, and the order-1 term in the
multipole expansion is precisely the point dipole field.
Although there are no known magnetic monopoles in nature, there are magnetic dipoles in the form of the quantum-mechanical
spin (physics) associated with particles such as electrons (although the accurate description of such effects falls outside of classical electromagnetism). A theoretical magnetic
point dipole has a magnetic field of the exact same form as the electric field of an electric point dipole. A very small current-carrying loop is approximately a magnetic point dipole; the magnetic dipole moment of such a loop is the product of the current flowing in the loop and the (vector) area of the loop.
Any configuration of charges or currents has a 'dipole moment', which describes the dipole whose field is the best approximation, at large distances, to that of the given configuration. This is simply one term in the
multipole expansion; when the charge ("monopole moment") is 0—as it
always is for the magnetic case, since there are no magnetic monopoles—the dipole term is the dominant one at large distances: its field falls off in proportion to 1/r^3, as compared to 1/r^4 for the next (quadrupole) term and higher powers of 1/r for higher terms, or 1/r^2 for the monopole term.
==Molecular dipoles==Many
molecules have such dipole moments due to non-uniform distributions of positive and negative charges on the various atoms. For example:
(positive) H-Cl (negative)
A molecule with a permanent dipole moment is called a
polar molecule. A molecule is
polarized when it carries an induced dipole. The physical chemist Peter Debye was the first scientist to study molecular dipoles extensively, and dipole moments are consequently measured in units named
debye in his honor.
With respect to molecules there are three types of dipoles:
- Permanent dipoles: These occur when two atoms in a molecule have substantially different electronegativity—one atom attracts electrons more than another becoming more negative, while the other atom becomes more positive. See dipole-dipole attractions.
- Instantaneous dipoles: These occur due to chance when electrons happen to be more concentrated in one place than another in a molecule, creating a temporary dipole. See intermolecular force#London dispersion forces.
- Induced dipoles These occur when one molecule with a permanent dipole repels another molecule's electrons, "inducing" a dipole moment in that molecule. See induced-dipole attraction.
The definition of an induced dipole given in the previous sentence is too restrictive and misleading. An induced dipole of
any polarizable charge distribution \rho (remember that a molecule has a charge distribution) is caused by an electric field external to \rho. This field may, for instance, originate from an ion or polar molecule in the vicinity of \rho or may be macroscopic (e.g., a molecule between the plates of a charged capacitor). The size of the induced dipole is equal to the product of the strength of theexternal field and the dipole
polarizability of \rho.
Typical gas phase values of some chemical compounds in debye units {{cite book|last = Weast | first = Robert C. | title=CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
|edition = 65rd ed.
|publisher=CRC Press
|year=1984
|id=ISBN 0-8493-0465-2
-->:
These values can be obtained from measurement of the dielectric constant. When the symmetry of a molecule cancels out a net dipole moment, the value is set at 0. The highest dipole moments are in the range of 10 to 11. From the dipole moment information can be deduced about the
molecular geometry of the molecule. For example the data illustrate that carbon dioxide is a linear molecule but ozone is not.
Quantum mechanical dipole operator
Consider a collection of
N particles with charges q_i and positionvectors \mathbf{r}_i. For instance, this collection may be a molecule consisting of electrons, all with electron charge
-e, and nuclei with charge e Z_i , where Z_i is the
atomic number of the
i th nucleus.The physical quantity (observable)
dipole has the
quantum mechanical operator:
\mathbf{p} = \sum_{i=1}^N \, q_i \, \mathbf{r}_i .
== Atomic dipoles ==A non-degenerate (S-state) atom can only have a zero permanent dipole. This fact follows quantum mechanically from the inversion symmetry of atoms. All 3 components of the dipole operator are antisymmetric under Inversion in a point with respect to the nucleus,
I \;\mathbf{M}\; I^{-1} = - \mathbf{M},
where \mathbf{M} is the dipole operator and I\, is the inversion operator.The permanent dipole moment of an atom in a non-degenerate state (see
degenerate energy level) is given as the expectation (average) value of the dipole operator,
\langle \mathbf{M} \rangle = \langle\, S\, | \mathbf{M} |\, S \,\rangle,where |\, S\, \rangle is an S-state, non-degenerate, wavefunction, whichis symmetric or antisymmetric under inversion: I\,|\, S\, \rangle= \pm |\, S\, \rangle.Since the product of the wavefunction (in the ket) and its complex conjugate (in the bra) is always symmetric under inversion and its inverse,
\langle \mathbf{M} \rangle = \langle\, I^{-1}\, S\, | \mathbf{M} |\,I^{-1}\, S \,\rangle= \langle\, S\, | I\, \mathbf{M} \,I^{-1}| \, S \,\rangle = -\langle \mathbf{M} \rangle
it follows that the expectation value changes sign under inversion. We used here the fact thatI\,, being a symmetry operator, is Unitary operator:I^{-1} = I^{*}\, and
Hermitian adjoint#Definition for bounded operatorsthe Hermitian adjoint I^*\, may be moved from bra to ket and then becomes I^{**} = I\,.Since the only quantity that is equal to minus itself is the zero, the expectation value vanishes,
\langle \mathbf{M}\rangle = 0.In the case of open-shell atoms with degenerate energy levels, one could define a dipole moment by the aid of the first-order
Stark effect. This only gives a non-vanishing dipole (by definition proportional to a non-vanishing first-order Stark shift) if some of the wavefunctions belonging to the degenerate energies have opposite
parity (physics); i.e., have different behavior under inversion. This is a rare occurrence, but happens for the excited H-atom, where 2s and 2p states are "accidentally" degenerate (see this
Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector#Quantum mechanics of the hydrogen atom for the origin of this degeneracy) and have opposite parity (2s is even and 2p is odd).
Field from a magnetic dipole
Magnitude
The strength,
B, of a dipole magnetic field is given by
B(\mathbf{r}, \lambda) = \frac {\mu_0} {4\pi} \frac {\mathbf{M--> {r^3} \sqrt {1+3\sin^2\lambda}
where
B is the strength of the field, measured in
tesla (unit)s;
r is the distance from the center, measured in
metres;
λ is the magnetic latitude (90°-θ) where θ = magnetic colatitude, measured in radians or
degree (angle)s from the dipole axis (Magnetic colatitude is 0 along the dipole's axis and 90° in the plane perpendicular to its axis.);
M is the dipole moment, measured in ampere square-metres, which equals
joules per
tesla;
μ0 is the permeability (electromagnetism), measured in henry (inductance)s per metre.
Vector form
The field itself is a vector quantity:
\mathbf{B}(\mathbf{r}) = \frac {\mu_0} {4\pi r^3} \left(3(\mathbf{m}\cdot\hat{\mathbf{r-->)\hat{\mathbf{r-->-\mathbf{m}\right) + \frac{2\mu_0}{3}\mathbf{m}\delta^3(\mathbf{r})
where
B is the field;
r is the vector from the position of the dipole to the position where the field is being measured;
r is the absolute value of
r: the distance from the dipole;
\hat{\mathbf{r--> = \mathbf{r}/r is the unit vector parallel to
r;
m is the (vector) dipole moment;
μ0 is the permeability of free space;
\delta^3 is the three-dimensional
Dirac delta function. (
\delta^3(\mathbf{r}) = 0 except at
r = (0,0,0), so this term is ignored in multipole expansion.)
This is
exactly the field of a point dipole,
exactly the dipole term in the multipole expansion of an arbitrary field, and
approximately the field of any dipole-like configuration at large distances.
Magnetic vector potential
The
vector potential A of a magnetic dipole is
\mathbf{A}(\mathbf{r}) = \frac {\mu_0} {4\pi r^2} (\mathbf{m}\times\hat{\mathbf{r-->)
with the same definitions as above.
Euler Parameters
A possible parametrisation of a magnetic dipole parallel to the z axis by the
Euler Potentials \alpha , \beta in spherical coordinates is
\alpha = \frac{m_{z-->{4 \pi r} \sin^{2}\theta \exp(\cot \theta) \qquad \beta = - \cos \phi \exp(-\cot \theta).
==Field from an electric dipole==The
electrostatic potential of an electric dipole is
\Phi (\mathbf{r}) = \frac {1} {4\pi\epsilon_0 r^2} (\mathbf{p}\cdot\hat{\mathbf{r-->).
This term appears as the second term in the Multipole expansion#Expansion in Cartesian coordinates of an arbitrary electrostatic potential Φ(
r). If the source of Φ(
r) is a dipole, as it is assumed here, this term is the only non-vanishing term in the multipole expansion of Φ(
r).
The electric field from a dipole can be found from the
gradient of this potential:
{|
| \mathbf{E} \,| = - \nabla \Phi \,|-|| =\frac {1} {4\pi\epsilon_0 r^3} \left(3(\mathbf{p}\cdot\hat{\mathbf{r-->)\hat{\mathbf{r-->-\mathbf{p}\right) + \frac{1}{3\epsilon_0}\mathbf{p}\delta^3(\mathbf{r})|}
where
E is the electric field;
r,
r, \hat{\mathbf{r--> are as above;
p is the (vector)
dipole moment;
ε0 is the permittivity of free space;
\delta^3 is the 3-dimensional Dirac delta function. (
\delta^3(\mathbf{r}) = 0 except at
r = (0,0,0), so this term is ignored in multipole expansion.)
Notice that this is formally identical to the magnetic field of a point magnetic dipole; only a few names have changed.
Dipole radiation
In addition to dipoles in electrostatics, it is also common to consider an electric or magnetic dipole that is oscillating in time.
In particular, a harmonically oscillating electric dipole is described by a dipole moment of the form \mathbf{p}=\mathbf{p'(\mathbf r)}e^{-i\omega t} where ω is the angular frequency. In vacuum, this produces fields:
\mathbf{E} = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0} \left\{ \frac{\omega^2}{c^2 r} \hat{\mathbf{r--> \times \mathbf{p} \times \hat{\mathbf{r-->
+ \left( \frac{1}{r^3} - \frac{i\omega}{cr^2} \right) \left 3 \hat{\mathbf{r--> (\hat{\mathbf{r--> \cdot \mathbf{p}) - \mathbf{p} \right \right\} e^{i\omega r/c}
\mathbf{H} = \frac{\omega^2}{4\pi c} \hat{\mathbf{r--> \times \mathbf{p} \left( 1 - \frac{c}{i\omega r} \right) \frac{e^{i\omega r/c-->{r}.
Far away (for r\omega/c \gg 1), the fields approach the limiting form of a radiating spherical wave:
\mathbf{H} = \frac{\omega^2}{4\pi c} (\hat{\mathbf{r--> \times \mathbf{p}) \frac{e^{i\omega r/c-->{r}
\mathbf{E} = \sqrt{\frac{\mu_0}{\epsilon_0--> \mathbf{H} \times \hat{\mathbf{r-->
which produces a total time-average radiated power
P given by
P = \sqrt{\frac{\mu_0}{\epsilon_0--> \frac{\omega^4}{12\pi c^2} |\mathbf{p}|^2.
This power is not distributed isotropically, but is rather concentrated around the directions lying perpendicular to the dipole moment.Usually such equations are described by
spherical harmonics, but they look very different.A circular polarized dipole is described as a superposition of two linear dipoles.
The electric field of a dipole oscillating at 1 rad/s:
See also
References
External links
- USGS Geomagnetism Program
- Fields of Force: a chapter from an online textbook
- Electric Dipoles on Project PHYSNET
{{Three other uses|the electromagnetic phenomenon|the radio antenna|dipole antenna|the permanent magnet|dipole magnet|the graph|dipole graph-->
, which is approximately a dipole. However, the "N" and "S" (north and south) poles are labeled here
geographically, which is the opposite of the convention for labeling the poles of a magnetic dipole moment.
In physics, there are two kinds of
dipoles (
Ancient Greek:
di(s)- = twi- and
pòla = pivot, hinge). An
electric dipole is a separation of positive and negative charge. The simplest example of this is a pair of electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign, separated by some, usually small, distance. A permanant electric dipole is called an
electret. By contrast, a
magnetic dipole is a closed circulation of
electric current. A simple example of this is a single loop of wire with some constant current flowing through it. {{cite book| last = Brau | first = Charles A.
| title=Modern Problems in Classical Electrodynamics
| publisher=Oxford University Press
| year=2004
| id=ISBN 0-19-514665-4
-->
{{cite book| last = Griffiths | first = David J. | title=Introduction to Electrodynamics
| edition = 3rd ed.
| publisher=Prentice Hall
|year=1999
|id=ISBN 0-13-805326-X
-->
Dipoles can be characterized by their dipole moment, a vector quantity. For the simple electric dipole given above, the
electric dipole moment would point from the negative charge towards the positive charge, and have a magnitude equal to the strength of each charge times the separation between the charges. For the current loop, the
magnetic dipole moment would point through the loop (according to the right hand rule), with a magnitude equal to the current in the loop times the area of the loop.
In addition to current loops, the
electron, among other
fundamental particles, is said to have a magnetic dipole moment. This is because it generates a magnetic field which is identical to that generated by a very small current loop. However, to the best of our knowledge, the electron's magnetic moment is not due to a current loop, but is instead an
intrinsic property of the electron. It is also possible that the electron has an
electric dipole moment, although this has not yet been observed (see
electron electric dipole moment for more information.)
A permanent magnet, such as a bar magnet, owes its magnetism to the intrinsic magnetic dipole moment of the electron. The two ends of a bar magnet are referred to as poles (not to be confused with
magnetic monopole), and are labeled "north" and "south." The dipole moment of the bar magnet points from its magnetic south pole to its magnetic
north pole—confusingly, the "north" and "south" convention for magnetic dipoles is the opposite of that used to describe the Earth's geographic and magnetic poles, so that the Earth's geomagnetic north pole is the
south pole of its dipole moment. (This should not be difficult to remember; it simply means that the north pole of a bar magnet is the one which points north if used as a
compass.)
The only known mechanisms for the creation of magnetic dipoles are by current loops or quantum-mechanical
spin (physics) since the existence of magnetic monopoles has never been experimentally demonstrated.
Torque on a dipole
Since the direction of an electric field is defined as the direction of the force on a positive charge, electric field lines point away from a positive charge and toward a negative charge.
When placed in an electric field or
magnetic field, equal but opposite
forces arise on each side of the dipole creating a
torque τ:
\boldsymbol{\tau} = \mathbf{p} \times \mathbf{E}
for an
electrical dipole moment p (in coulomb-meters), or
\boldsymbol{\tau} = \mathbf{m} \times \mathbf{B}
for a magnetic dipole moment
m (in ampere-square meters).
The resulting torque will tend to align the dipole with the applied field, which in the case of an electric dipole, yields a potential energy of
U = -\mathbf{p} \cdot \mathbf{E}.
The energy of a magnetic dipole is similarly
U = -\mathbf{m} \cdot \mathbf{B}.
Physical dipoles, point dipoles, and approximate dipoles
A
physical dipole consists of two equal and opposite point charges: literally, two poles. Its field at large distances (i.e., distances large in comparison to the separation of the poles) depends almost entirely on the dipole moment as defined above. A
point (electric) dipole is the limit obtained by letting the separation tend to 0 while keeping the dipole moment fixed. The field of a point dipole has a particularly simple form, and the order-1 term in the
multipole expansion is precisely the point dipole field.
Although there are no known magnetic monopoles in nature, there are magnetic dipoles in the form of the quantum-mechanical
spin (physics) associated with particles such as
electrons (although the accurate description of such effects falls outside of classical electromagnetism). A theoretical magnetic
point dipole has a magnetic field of the exact same form as the electric field of an electric point dipole. A very small current-carrying loop is approximately a magnetic point dipole; the magnetic dipole moment of such a loop is the product of the current flowing in the loop and the (vector) area of the loop.
Any configuration of charges or currents has a 'dipole moment', which describes the dipole whose field is the best approximation, at large distances, to that of the given configuration. This is simply one term in the
multipole expansion; when the charge ("monopole moment") is 0—as it
always is for the magnetic case, since there are no magnetic monopoles—the dipole term is the dominant one at large distances: its field falls off in proportion to 1/r^3, as compared to 1/r^4 for the next (quadrupole) term and higher powers of 1/r for higher terms, or 1/r^2 for the monopole term.
==Molecular dipoles==Many molecules have such dipole moments due to non-uniform distributions of positive and negative charges on the various atoms. For example:
(positive) H-Cl (negative)
A molecule with a permanent dipole moment is called a
polar molecule. A molecule is
polarized when it carries an induced dipole. The physical chemist
Peter Debye was the first scientist to study molecular dipoles extensively, and dipole moments are consequently measured in units named
debye in his honor.
With respect to molecules there are three types of dipoles:
- Permanent dipoles: These occur when two atoms in a molecule have substantially different electronegativity—one atom attracts electrons more than another becoming more negative, while the other atom becomes more positive. See dipole-dipole attractions.
- Instantaneous dipoles: These occur due to chance when electrons happen to be more concentrated in one place than another in a molecule, creating a temporary dipole. See intermolecular force#London dispersion forces.
- Induced dipoles These occur when one molecule with a permanent dipole repels another molecule's electrons, "inducing" a dipole moment in that molecule. See induced-dipole attraction.
The definition of an induced dipole given in the previous sentence is too restrictive and misleading. An induced dipole of
any polarizable charge distribution \rho (remember that a molecule has a charge distribution) is caused by an electric field external to \rho. This field may, for instance, originate from an ion or polar molecule in the vicinity of \rho or may be macroscopic (e.g., a molecule between the plates of a charged
capacitor). The size of the induced dipole is equal to the product of the strength of theexternal field and the dipole polarizability of \rho.
Typical gas phase values of some chemical compounds in
debye units {{cite book|last = Weast | first = Robert C. | title=CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
|edition = 65rd ed.
|publisher=CRC Press
|year=1984
|id=ISBN 0-8493-0465-2
-->:
These values can be obtained from measurement of the dielectric constant. When the symmetry of a molecule cancels out a net dipole moment, the value is set at 0. The highest dipole moments are in the range of 10 to 11. From the dipole moment information can be deduced about the molecular geometry of the molecule. For example the data illustrate that carbon dioxide is a linear molecule but ozone is not.
Quantum mechanical dipole operator
Consider a collection of
N particles with charges q_i and positionvectors \mathbf{r}_i. For instance, this collection may be a molecule consisting of electrons, all with
electron charge -e, and nuclei with charge e Z_i , where Z_i is the
atomic number of the
i th nucleus.The physical quantity (observable)
dipole has the
quantum mechanical operator:
\mathbf{p} = \sum_{i=1}^N \, q_i \, \mathbf{r}_i .
== Atomic dipoles ==A non-degenerate (S-state) atom can only have a zero permanent dipole. This fact follows quantum mechanically from the inversion symmetry of atoms. All 3 components of the dipole operator are antisymmetric under Inversion in a point with respect to the nucleus,
I \;\mathbf{M}\; I^{-1} = - \mathbf{M},
where \mathbf{M} is the dipole operator and I\, is the inversion operator.The permanent dipole moment of an atom in a non-degenerate state (see degenerate energy level) is given as the expectation (average) value of the dipole operator,
\langle \mathbf{M} \rangle = \langle\, S\, | \mathbf{M} |\, S \,\rangle,where |\, S\, \rangle is an S-state, non-degenerate, wavefunction, whichis symmetric or antisymmetric under inversion: I\,|\, S\, \rangle= \pm |\, S\, \rangle.Since the product of the wavefunction (in the ket) and its complex conjugate (in the bra) is always symmetric under inversion and its inverse,
\langle \mathbf{M} \rangle = \langle\, I^{-1}\, S\, | \mathbf{M} |\,I^{-1}\, S \,\rangle= \langle\, S\, | I\, \mathbf{M} \,I^{-1}| \, S \,\rangle = -\langle \mathbf{M} \rangle
it follows that the expectation value changes sign under inversion. We used here the fact thatI\,, being a symmetry operator, is Unitary operator:I^{-1} = I^{*}\, and Hermitian adjoint#Definition for bounded operatorsthe Hermitian adjoint I^*\, may be moved from bra to ket and then becomes I^{**} = I\,.Since the only quantity that is equal to minus itself is the zero, the expectation value vanishes,
\langle \mathbf{M}\rangle = 0.In the case of open-shell atoms with degenerate energy levels, one could define a dipole moment by the aid of the first-order
Stark effect. This only gives a non-vanishing dipole (by definition proportional to a non-vanishing first-order Stark shift) if some of the wavefunctions belonging to the degenerate energies have opposite parity (physics); i.e., have different behavior under inversion. This is a rare occurrence, but happens for the excited H-atom, where 2s and 2p states are "accidentally" degenerate (see this Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector#Quantum mechanics of the hydrogen atom for the origin of this degeneracy) and have opposite parity (2s is even and 2p is odd).
Field from a magnetic dipole
Magnitude
The strength,
B, of a dipole magnetic field is given by
B(\mathbf{r}, \lambda) = \frac {\mu_0} {4\pi} \frac {\mathbf{M--> {r^3} \sqrt {1+3\sin^2\lambda}
where
B is the strength of the field, measured in
tesla (unit)s;
r is the distance from the center, measured in
metres;
λ is the magnetic latitude (90°-θ) where θ = magnetic colatitude, measured in
radians or
degree (angle)s from the dipole axis (Magnetic colatitude is 0 along the dipole's axis and 90° in the plane perpendicular to its axis.);
M is the dipole moment, measured in ampere square-metres, which equals joules per tesla;
μ0 is the permeability (electromagnetism), measured in
henry (inductance)s per metre.
Vector form
The field itself is a vector quantity:
\mathbf{B}(\mathbf{r}) = \frac {\mu_0} {4\pi r^3} \left(3(\mathbf{m}\cdot\hat{\mathbf{r-->)\hat{\mathbf{r-->-\mathbf{m}\right) + \frac{2\mu_0}{3}\mathbf{m}\delta^3(\mathbf{r})
where
B is the field;
r is the vector from the position of the dipole to the position where the field is being measured;
r is the absolute value of
r: the distance from the dipole;
\hat{\mathbf{r--> = \mathbf{r}/r is the unit vector parallel to
r;
m is the (vector) dipole moment;
μ0 is the permeability of free space;
\delta^3 is the three-dimensional
Dirac delta function. (
\delta^3(\mathbf{r}) = 0 except at
r = (0,0,0), so this term is ignored in multipole expansion.)
This is
exactly the field of a point dipole,
exactly the dipole term in the multipole expansion of an arbitrary field, and
approximately the field of any dipole-like configuration at large distances.
Magnetic vector potential
The
vector potential A of a magnetic dipole is
\mathbf{A}(\mathbf{r}) = \frac {\mu_0} {4\pi r^2} (\mathbf{m}\times\hat{\mathbf{r-->)
with the same definitions as above.
Euler Parameters
A possible parametrisation of a magnetic dipole parallel to the z axis by the
Euler Potentials \alpha , \beta in spherical coordinates is
\alpha = \frac{m_{z-->{4 \pi r} \sin^{2}\theta \exp(\cot \theta) \qquad \beta = - \cos \phi \exp(-\cot \theta).
==Field from an electric dipole==The electrostatic potential of an electric dipole is
\Phi (\mathbf{r}) = \frac {1} {4\pi\epsilon_0 r^2} (\mathbf{p}\cdot\hat{\mathbf{r-->).
This term appears as the second term in the Multipole expansion#Expansion in Cartesian coordinates of an arbitrary electrostatic potential Φ(
r). If the source of Φ(
r) is a dipole, as it is assumed here, this term is the only non-vanishing term in the multipole expansion of Φ(
r).
The
electric field from a dipole can be found from the
gradient of this potential:
{|
| \mathbf{E} \,| = - \nabla \Phi \,|-|| =\frac {1} {4\pi\epsilon_0 r^3} \left(3(\mathbf{p}\cdot\hat{\mathbf{r-->)\hat{\mathbf{r-->-\mathbf{p}\right) + \frac{1}{3\epsilon_0}\mathbf{p}\delta^3(\mathbf{r})|}
where
E is the electric field;
r,
r, \hat{\mathbf{r--> are as above;
p is the (vector)
dipole moment;
ε0 is the
permittivity of free space;
\delta^3 is the 3-dimensional
Dirac delta function. (
\delta^3(\mathbf{r}) = 0 except at
r = (0,0,0), so this term is ignored in multipole expansion.)
Notice that this is formally identical to the magnetic field of a point magnetic dipole; only a few names have changed.
Dipole radiation
In addition to dipoles in electrostatics, it is also common to consider an electric or magnetic dipole that is oscillating in time.
In particular, a harmonically oscillating electric dipole is described by a dipole moment of the form \mathbf{p}=\mathbf{p'(\mathbf r)}e^{-i\omega t} where ω is the
angular frequency. In vacuum, this produces fields:
\mathbf{E} = \frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0} \left\{ \frac{\omega^2}{c^2 r} \hat{\mathbf{r--> \times \mathbf{p} \times \hat{\mathbf{r-->
+ \left( \frac{1}{r^3} - \frac{i\omega}{cr^2} \right) \left 3 \hat{\mathbf{r--> (\hat{\mathbf{r--> \cdot \mathbf{p}) - \mathbf{p} \right \right\} e^{i\omega r/c}
\mathbf{H} = \frac{\omega^2}{4\pi c} \hat{\mathbf{r--> \times \mathbf{p} \left( 1 - \frac{c}{i\omega r} \right) \frac{e^{i\omega r/c-->{r}.
Far away (for r\omega/c \gg 1), the fields approach the limiting form of a radiating spherical wave:
\mathbf{H} = \frac{\omega^2}{4\pi c} (\hat{\mathbf{r--> \times \mathbf{p}) \frac{e^{i\omega r/c-->{r}
\mathbf{E} = \sqrt{\frac{\mu_0}{\epsilon_0--> \mathbf{H} \times \hat{\mathbf{r-->
which produces a total time-average radiated power
P given by
P = \sqrt{\frac{\mu_0}{\epsilon_0--> \frac{\omega^4}{12\pi c^2} |\mathbf{p}|^2.
This power is not distributed isotropically, but is rather concentrated around the directions lying perpendicular to the dipole moment.Usually such equations are described by
spherical harmonics, but they look very different.A circular polarized dipole is described as a superposition of two linear dipoles.
The electric field of a dipole oscillating at 1 rad/s:
See also
References
External links
- USGS Geomagnetism Program
- Fields of Force: a chapter from an online textbook
- Electric Dipoles on Project PHYSNET
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