 Dipole and quadrupole scaling limits of three collinear charges (source code)

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= Dipole and quadrupole scaling limits of three collinear charges

Subject to $N=M+1$, keeping $Qd$ fixed as $d\to0$ gives a finite point-dipole limit when $M\ne1$. Keeping $Qd^2$ fixed gives a finite pure-quadrupole limit only when $M=1$; otherwise the dipole diverges.

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