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Drive the Expression for Electric Field at a Point on the Equatorial Line of an Electric Dipole

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प्रश्न

Drive the expression for electric field at a point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole.

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उत्तर

Electric Field for Points on the Equatorial Plane:

The magnitudes of the electric field due to the two charges +q and −q are given by,

`E_(+q)=q/(4piepsilon_0)1/(r^2+a^2)` .....(i)

`E_(-q)=q/(4piepsilon_0)1/(r^2-a^2)`   .....(ii)

The directions of E+q and Eq are as shown in the figure. The components normal to the dipole axis cancel away. The components along the dipole axis add up.

∴ Total electric field

`E=-(E_(+q)+E_(-q))cos theta.hatp`[Negative sign shows that field is opposite to `hatp`]

`E=-(2qa)/(4piepsilon_0(r^2+a^2)^(3/2))hatp`   .....(iii)

At large distances (r >> a), this reduces to

`E=-(2qa)/(4piepsilon_0(r^3))hatp`    .....(iv)

`because vecp=qxxvec(2a)hatp`

`therefore E=(-vecp)/(4piepsilon_0(r^3))` (r >> a)

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