Polarizability of conducting sphere-doublets using series of images.

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School of Electrical Engineering | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2004

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en

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2330-2335

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Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 96, Issue 4

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The classical electrostatic problem of two nonintersecting conducting spheres in a uniform incident electric field is considered. Starting from the basic Kelvin’s image principle, the two spheres are replaced with equivalent series of image sources, from which the polarizability is calculated. Explicit expressions for the axial and transversal components of the polarizability dyadic are found by solving the recurrence equations. Efficient numerical evaluation of the different series is also discussed.

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electromagnetic theory, electrostatics, polarizability, image theory electric fields, permittivity

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Wallen, Henrik & Sihvola, Ari. 2004. Polarizability of conducting sphere-doublets using series of images. Journal of Applied Physics. Volume 96, Issue 4. 2330-2335. 0021-8979 (printed).