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On the exact electric and magnetic fields of an electric dipole

Classical Physics 2015-05-12 v1

Abstract

We derive from Jefimenko's equations a multipole expansion in order to obtain the exact expressions for the electric and magnetic fields of an electric dipole with an arbitrary time dependence. A few comments are also made about the usual expositions found in most common undergraduate and graduate textbooks as well as in the literature on this topic.

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@article{arxiv.1007.1996,
  title  = {On the exact electric and magnetic fields of an electric dipole},
  author = {W. J. M. Kort-Kamp and C. Farina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.1996},
  year   = {2015}
}