Field Due to an Electric Dipole An electric dipole consists of two particles with charges of equal magnitude q but opposite sign, separated by a small distance d. Their electric dipole moment has magnitude qd and points from the negative charge to the positive charge. The magnitude of the electric field set up by the dipole at a distant point on the dipole axis (which runs through both charges) is

Monte Carlo studies of pure glue SU(3) gauge theory using the overlap-based topological charge operator have revealed a laminar structure in the QCD vacuum consisting of extended, thin, coherent, locally 3-dimensional sheets of topological charge embedded in 4D space, with opposite sign sheets interleaved. In this talk I discuss the interpretation of these Monte Carlo results in terms of our cu...

We study transport in ferromagnetic-superconductor/normal-metal systems. It is shown that charge and spin currents are pumped from ferromagnetic superconductors into adjacent normal metals by adiabatic changes in the order parameters induced by external electromagnetic fields. Spin and charge pumping identify the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter, e.g., singlet pairing or triplet ...

As is known the repulsion of the volume elements of an uniformly accelerating charge or a charge supported in an uniform gravitational field accounts for the electromagnetic contribution to the charge’s inertial and gravitational mass, respectively. This means that the mutual repulsion of the volume elements of the charge produces the resistance to its accelerated motion. Conversely, the effect...

Positive or negative electrical charges are frequently associated with biomolecules. When placed in an electric field, charged biomolecules move towards the electrode of opposite charge due to the phenomenon of electrostatic attraction. Electrophoresis is the separation of charged molecules in an applied electric field. The relative mobility of individual molecules depends on several factors. T...

In this chapter, we review our recent theoretical work on the formation of polyelectrolyte multilayers. The first layer is obtained by polyelectrolyte adsorption on a surface with an opposite charge. The adsorbed polyelectrolyte charge is sufficient to invert the charge of the surface. Each subsequent layer is bound to the previous one by the formation of a polyelectrolyte complex. Using a Deby...

As is known the repulsion of the volume elements of an uniformly accelerating charge or a charge supported in an uniform gravitational field accounts for the electromagnetic contribution to the charge’s inertial and gravitational mass, respectively. This means that the mutual repulsion of the volume elements of the charge produces the resistance to its accelerated motion. Conversely, the effect...

As is known the repulsion of the volume elements of an uniformly accelerating charge or a charge supported in an uniform gravitational field accounts for the electromagnetic contribution to the charge’s inertial and gravitational mass, respectively. This means that the mutual repulsion of the volume elements of the charge produces the resistance to its accelerated motion. Conversely, the effect...

Ion distribution and velocity profiles for electro-osmotic flow in a 3.49 nm wide slit channel with a surface charge density of -0.285 C/m(2) are studied using molecular dynamics simulations. Simulation results indicate that the concentration of the co-ion exceeds that of the counterion in the region 0.53 nm away from the channel wall, and the electro-osmotic flow is in the opposite direction t...

In this paper a recently developed method is used to calculate the main effects of excluded volume on the distribution of ions around a charged central sphere in thermal equilibrium. The authom find significant corrections to the results of the conventional GouyChapman theory when the electrostatic energy due to the charge ofthe sphere is large compared with the thermal e n q y . The concematio...