Electric dipole moment is charge times displacement¶
The vector of electric dipole moment is a vector whose magnitude describes the electric dipole moment of the system. It is collinear to the vector connecting the two point charges.
Conditions:
The charges must be equal by magnitude and have opposite signs.
Links:
- electric_dipole_moment¶
Vector of
electric_dipole_moment.
- Symbol:
p- Latex:
\({\vec p}\)
- Dimension:
charge*length
- Symbol:
q- Latex:
\(q\)
- Dimension:
charge
- displacement¶
Position vector pointing from the negative charge to the positive charge. See
distance.
- Symbol:
d- Latex:
\({\vec d}\)
- Dimension:
length
- law¶
p = q * d- Latex:
- \[{\vec p} = q {\vec d}\]