Electrostatic and magnetostatic fields of point dipoles revisited

Authors

  • Y. Muniz Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
  • Anderson José Fonseca Federal University of Rio de Janeiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3371-7302
  • C. Farina Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFisE.65.71

Keywords:

Point dipole fields, Dirac delta, Regularization

Abstract

After reviewing how the Dirac delta contributions to the electrostatic and magnetostatic fields of a point electric dipole and a point magnetic dipole are usually introduced, we present an alternative procedure for obtaining these terms based on a regularization prescription similar to that used in the computation of the transverse and longitudinal delta functions. We think this method may be useful for the students in other analogous calculations.

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Published

2019-01-21

How to Cite

[1]
Y. Muniz, A. J. Fonseca, and C. Farina, “Electrostatic and magnetostatic fields of point dipoles revisited”, Rev. Mex. Fis. E, vol. 65, no. 1 Jan-Jun, pp. 71–76, Jan. 2019.

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 1 Jan-Jun (2019): Revista Mexicana de Física E

Section

02 Education in Physics

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Copyright (c) 2019 Anderson José Fonseca

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