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The electrostatic potential of a periodic lattice

Classical Physics 2014-09-11 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We calculate the electrostatic potential of a periodic lattice of arbitrary extended charges by using the Cartesian multipole formalism. This method allows the separation of the long-range potential from the contact potential (potential on the source). We write both the electrostatic potential and the interaction energy as convergent sums in the reciprocal space.

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@article{arxiv.1409.3191,
  title  = {The electrostatic potential of a periodic lattice},
  author = {G. Vaman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3191},
  year   = {2014}
}

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12 pages