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Multipole expansion of three collinear charges
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Multipole expansion of three collinear charges
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-24
For charges
−
Q
,
NQ
,
−
MQ
at
z
=
d
,
0
,
−
d
, respectively,
Φ
(
r
,
θ
)
=
4
π
ϵ
0
Q
[
r
N
−
M
−
1
+
r
2
(
M
−
1
)
d
c
o
s
θ
−
r
3
(
M
+
1
)
d
2
P
2
(
c
o
s
θ
)
+
O
(
r
−
4
)
]
.
(1)
The monopole vanishes when
N
=
M
+
1
, the
dipole
vanishes when
M
=
1
, and both vanish when
(
N
,
M
)
=
(
2
,
1
)
.
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