Electrostatic potential energy of two charges via distance¶

Electrostatic potential energy due to two point charges depends on the inverse distance to the distance between the charges. Note that this is the energy of interaction belonging to the entire system.

Links:

Wikipedia.

electrostatic_potential_energy¶: Electrostatic potential energy of system.

Symbol:: U_E
Latex:: \(U_{\vec E}\)
Dimension:: energy

absolute_permittivity¶: absolute_permittivity of the medium.

Symbol:: epsilon
Latex:: \(\varepsilon\)
Dimension:: capacitance/length

distance¶: euclidean_distance between the point charges.

Symbol:: d
Latex:: \(d\)
Dimension:: length

first_charge¶: Value of the first charge.

Symbol:: q_1
Latex:: \(q_{1}\)
Dimension:: charge

second_charge¶: Value of the second charge.

Symbol:: q_2
Latex:: \(q_{2}\)
Dimension:: charge

law¶

U_E = q_1 * q_2 / (4 * pi * epsilon * d)

Latex:: \[U_{\vec E} = \frac{q_{1} q_{2}}{4 \pi \varepsilon d}\]