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(a) Show that the quadrupole term in the multipole expansion can be written as

V"quad"(r)=1401r3(i,j=13r^ir^jQij.....(1)

(in the notation of Eq. 1.31) where

localid="1658485520347" Qij=12[3ri'rj'-(r')2ij](r')d'.....(2)

Here

_ij={1ifi=j0ifij.....(3)

is the Kronecker Deltalocalid="1658485013827" (Qij)and is the quadrupole moment of the charge distribution. Notice the hierarchy

localid="1658485969560" Vmon=140Qr;Vdip=140r^ipjr2;Vquad(r鈬赌)=1401r3i,j=13r^ir^jQIJ;...

The monopole moment localid="1658485018381" (Q) is a scalar, the dipole moment localid="1658485022577" (p鈬赌) is a vector, the quadrupole moment localid="1658485026647" (Qij)is a second rank tensor, and so on.

(b) Find all nine components of localid="1658485030553" (Qij)for the configuration given in Fig. 3.30 (assume the square has side and lies in the localid="1658485034755" x-y plane, centered at the origin).

(c) Show that the quadrupole moment is independent of origin if the monopole and

dipole moments both vanish. (This works all the way up the hierarchy-the

lowest nonzero multipole moment is always independent of origin.)

(d) How would you define the octopole moment? Express the octopole term in the multipole expansion in terms of the octopole moment.

Short Answer

Expert verified

(a) We have proved that the quadrupole term in the multipole expansion can be written in terms of the quadrupole moment as

V"quad"(r)=1801r3(r')d'(3cos2'-1)r'2.

(b) For the charge configuration shown in Fig. 3.30, we have found out the nine components of the quadrupole moment. We have obtained Qxy=Qyx=3qa22. The rest of the terms are zero.

(c) We have proved that the quadrupole moment is independent of the choice of origin if the monopole and dipole moments vanish.

(d) We have derived an expression for the octopole moment as

Qijk=125ri'rj'rk'-r'2ri'jk+rj'ik+rk'ijd'

Step by step solution

01

Given data

The quadrupole moment can be written as

Qij=12[3ri'rj'-(r')2ij](r')d'

The Kronecker Delta function can be defined as

_ij={1ifi=j0ifij

02

Quadrupole term in potential

The quadrupole term in the potential multipole expansion can be written as

V"quad(r)=1801r3(r')d'(3cos2'-1)r'2.....(4)

03

Proof of the form of the quadrupole term

Let us start with with the right hand side of equation (1) and substitute equation (2) in it,

14蟺蔚01r3i,j=13r^ir^jQij=14蟺蔚01r3i,j=13r^ir^j12[3ri'rj'-(r')2ij](r')d'=18蟺蔚01r3r^d'3ir^ir^i'jr^jr^j'-i,j=13r^ir^jr'2

But

ir^iri^=r^jrj^j=r'r鈬赌r'cos'

and

i,j=13r^ir^jij=r^iri^i=r^r^=1

We substitute these results in the right hand side of equation (1) and get

1401r3i,j=13r^irj^Qij=1801r3(r')d'(3cos2'-1)r'2

This is exactly the quadrupole term in the multipole expansion as defined in equation (4).

04

Components of quadrupole moment

There are four charges in the configuration

+qata2,a2,0-qat-a2,a2,0+qat-a2,-a2,0-qa2,a2,0

With these we will start calculating the components of the quadrupole moment

Qxx=12q3a24-a24-q3a24-a24+q3a24-a24-q3a24-a24Qyy=12q3a24-a22-q3a24-a22+q3a24-a22-q3a24-a22Qzz=12q-a24-q-a24+q-a24-q-a24Qxy=12q3a24-q3-a24+q3a24-q3-a24=3qa22=QyxQxz=12q0-q0+q0-q0=0=Qzx=Qyz=Qzy

Thus, the only two non-zero components are Qxy=Qyx=3qa22.

05

Dependence of quadrupole moment on origin

Let the origin be shifted by . Then the new quadrupole moment becomes

Q'ij=123ri'-dirj'-dj-r鈬赌'-d鈬赌2ijd'=Qij-3di2rj'd'-3dj2ri'd'+3didj2d'+d鈬赌r鈬赌ijd'-d2ijd'=Qij-32dipj-32djpi+32didiQ+d鈬赌p鈬赌ij-d2ijQ

Thus, if the the monopole moment Q=0 and the dipole moment p=0 then

Qij'=Qij

The quadrupole moment is independent of the origin.

06

Octopole moment

The fourth term in the multipole expansion can be written as

Voct=140r4i,j,kr^ir^jr^kQijk

From the multipole expansion series of the potential, the octopole term can be written as

Voct=140r4r'312(5cos3-3cos)d'

We can compare these two and write the octopole moment as

Voct=140r4r'312(5cos3-3cos)d'

This is the expression for the octopole moment.

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