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arxiv: 1507.00752 · v3 · pith:AYS3OWSInew · submitted 2015-07-01 · ⚛️ physics.optics · physics.class-ph

Exact dipolar moments of a localized electric current distribution

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keywords exactexpressionscurrentmomentsorderdipolardistributionelectric
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The multipolar decomposition of current distributions is used in many branches of physics. Here, we obtain new exact expressions for the dipolar moments of a localized electric current distribution. The typical integrals for the dipole moments of electromagnetically small sources are recovered as the lowest order terms of the new expressions in a series expansion with respect to the size of the source. All the higher order terms can be easily obtained. We also provide exact and approximated expressions for dipoles that radiate a definite polarization handedness (helicity). Formally, the new exact expressions are only marginally more complex than their lowest order approximations.

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