Published October 8, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Singular behavior of the multipole electromagnetic field

  • 1. University of Bucharest, Department of Physics, PO Box MG 11, Bucharest-Magurele, RO 077125 (Romania)

Description

The singularities of the electromagnetic field are derived to include all the pointlike multipoles representing an electric charge and current distribution. In the static case, the δ-singularities are expressed for arbitrary multipole orders, while in the dynamic case we restrict ourselves to the lower orders. The algorithm we give can be easily extended to the next orders. In both cases, we show that for higher orders, it is more efficient to have fields represented in terms of symmetric and trace-free moments.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/43/40/405208

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/43/40/405208;
PII
S1751-8113(10)57033-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
40
Journal Page Range
[21 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42042337
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MULTIPOLES; SINGULARITY; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC