In a world populated by magnetic monopoles (as well as ordinary electric charges), there are two kinds of electric dipoles: those due to separated electric charges, and those due to current loops of magnetic charge. Similarly, there are two kinds of magnetic dipoles: those due to separated magnetic monopoles, and those due to electric current loops. This paper derives the potentials and fields of each of the four dipole species, and calculates the force, torque, energy, momentum, and angular momentum of each type, when placed (at rest) in a static external field (which may itself be produced by electric charges and currents, magnetic charges and currents, or all of these). Some implications and applications of the various results are discussed.
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David J. Griffiths
David J. Griffiths
Department of Physics, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202
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David J. Griffiths
Department of Physics, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202
Am. J. Phys. 60, 979–987 (1992)
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Received:
November 25 1991
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April 14 1992
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David J. Griffiths; Dipoles at rest. Am. J. Phys. 1 November 1992; 60 (11): 979–987. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17001
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